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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Rice mill insect pest management training May 10, 2011

A rice mill insect pest management workshop will be held at the LSU AgCenter Acadia Parish office on May 10, 2011. This will be a unique opportunity to learn from experts across the US.

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LSU AgCenter 2011 Winter Rice Meeting Schedule

It’s that time of the year again, all the rice folks hunker down for Christmas break and then hit the roads running to winter rice meetings across the state. The first week of January will be busy, followed by a smattering of meetings throughout the month. This post gives information for the meeting plans that have been finalized. Please contact your local county agent for information on meetings in your region. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you in 2011.

DISCLAIMER: please contact your local County Agent to verify the time, location, and program for this meeting.

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Summary of all rww demo locations

We have summarized the observations for our 2010 RWW demonstration test. Overall, Dermacor X-100 prodvided the best level of weevil control, followed by pyrethroid (either Karate pre,Karate pre + mustangMax on fertilizer post, or Karate post) and CruiserMaxx. Dermacor X-100 provided significantly better control than the other two treatments. There was no signficant difference in the core sample average between the pyrethroid and the CruiserMaxx seed treatment.

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Aphids in seedling rice

Well the phone started ringing Monday morning with reports of aphids in rice. This really isn’t surprising since we have had such cool weather conditions. I called up Dr. Jeff Davis (LSU AgCenter Soybean Entomologist) to see if he would like some samples for aphid colonies he is establishing. Jeff headed out to the field yesterday and was able to collect samples and (conveniently) identify them to species. It’s really handy to have an aphid expert in the department. Jeff collected aphids in Acadia and Evangeline Parishes.

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TWILA news story about rww demonstration test.

Avery Davidson put together a very nice story about the rww demonstration test which aired on TWILA last week. Planting continues to progress at the demonstration sites.

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Horizon ag strip trial planted in Crowley

Today we planted a Horizon Ag Strip Trial at the Lawson Farm in Crowley, La.

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Acadia Parish Entomology Demonstration Sites

This morning I met County Agent Barrett Courville at the Acadia Parish Extension office. Barrett grabbed his rubber boots and we headed out to meet with Mr. Rustin Gilder at the Hoffpauir farm. The weather was perfect today – some fields we visited were firm enough to walk on. If the weather holds, a lot of rice will be planted in the next week. The first rice was water-planted in Jeff-Davis Parish last Friday.

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