LSU AgCenter Evangeline & St. Landry Parish Crop Production School, January 4, 2012

Today I received this information from Keith A. Fontenot, County Agent, Evangeline Parish. He will be holding the Evangeline & St. Landry Crop Production School in January 4, 2012 in Ville Platte, LA. I am not on the program to speak at this meeting, but I will be there to distribute our annual rice entomology survey and to answer any questions you might have about pest management in your rice crop.

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Rice water weevil demonstration program results – 2011

Rice water weevil (RWW) management demonstrations have been conducted for the past four field seasons. The purpose of these demonstrations is to evaluate currently recommended insecticides on commercial rice farms in Louisiana to control RWW. These trials are a joint effort between county agents, farmers, consultants, seed dealers and chemical distributors. In 2011, we compared three insecticide seed treatments (CruiserMaxx, Dermacor X-100 and NipsIt INSIDE) to an untreated check.

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Avoyelles Parish Rice Production Clinic, January 11, 2012

The Avoyelles Parish LSU AgCenter Rice Production Clinic will be held on January 11, 2012 at the Masonic Lodge in Bunkie, LA. Here is the agenda for the clinic. Please contact county agent Rob Ferguson for more information: referguson@agcenter.lsu.edu

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Rice Stink Bug Demonstration Program Results – 2011

As you may recall, we received approval for a Section 18 registration for Tenchu 20SG to control rice stink bug in Louisiana rice. This approval came very late in the season when most of the southern crop was either harvested, or well on it’s way to harvest. Fortunately, we were able to work with a team of county agents to line up some field locations and compare the efficacy of Tenchu 20SG to pyrethroid treatments. Overall, we concluded that either Tenchu 20SG or pyrethroids, when applied appropriately, both provided good control of RSB and prevented grade reductions due to peck. We are continuing to conduct research on rice stink bug thresholds and treatment strategies. I’ll talk about these results at the winter production meetings in 2012.

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Northeast Louisiana Rice Forum in Rayville, LA on January 26, 2012

The Louisiana Rice Forum will be held at the Rayville Civic Center on Thursday, January 26, 2011. The preliminary agenda follows. For more information please contact county agent Keith Collins: kcollins@agcenter.lsu.edu

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Acadia Parish rice and soybean producers meeting – Jan 5, 2012

The Acadia Parish rice and soybean producers meeting will be held at the LSU AgCenter Acadia Parish office at 157 Cherokee Drive, Crowley, LA 70526 on January 5, 2012. The program for the meeting follows. For more information please contact County Agent Barrett Courville: bcourville@agcenter.lsu.edu

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Southwest Louisiana Rice and Soybean Forum, January 3, 2012

The Southwest Louisiana Rice and Soybean Forum will be held at the Welsh Community Center on January 3, 2012. Here is the program for the forum. For more information please contact county agent Barrett Courville: bcourville@agcenter.lsu.edu

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LSU AgCenter rice winter meeting announcements for 2012

The rice winter meeting dates are now being announced. In this post I list all the dates I have received so far and over the next week I’ll send you more details on the specific programs. I will be speaking at all of these meetings – the topic will vary depending on the parish and the problems we observed last season. Please feel free to email me or your local county agent for more information on the meetings.

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