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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St. Landry and Evangeline Parish rice demonstration sites

Yesterday I visited with cooperators in Evangeline and St. Landry Parishes to discuss this years demonstration sites.

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