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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Planting at Acadia Parish rww demo test site.

On March 16, 2011 we planted the Acadia parish demo test site. This blog posting includes a description of the treatments, field maps and plans for gathering data this season.

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2nd Annual LSU AgCenter Advanced Rice Entomology Training. March 2, 2011

Announcing the second Annual LSU AgCenter Advanced Rice Entomology Training. Speakers will include Mike Stout, Rick Story and Natalie Hummel from the LSU AgCenter department of Entomology. Topics will include rice pest management during the season, scouting methods, identification of immature insects, and secondary insect pests in rice.

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LSU AgCenter introduces online rice insect guide

Solving the whodunit mystery of insect damage in a rice crop will be easier with a new online program developed by the LSU AgCenter.

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Announcing the Louisiana Online Rice Pest Identification Guide.

I’m pleased to announce the release of the Louisiana Online Rice Pest Identification Guide. The purpose of this guide is to improve identification of arthropods (insects and mites) that damage rice in Louisiana. Once the arthropod is properly identified, a link to the Louisiana pest management guidelines is provided. Although the arthropods featured infest rice in Louisiana, this online guide should be a useful tool in other southern rice producing states.

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When to treat for grasshoppers in rice?

I’ve had a few calls about grasshoppers in rice – particularly in the south-central portion of the state. We do not recommend applying an insecticide for grasshoppers unless you are certain they are causing enough of a reduction in yield to cover the cost of a spray. It is possible that a pyrethroid application for rice stink bug or stem borer will also control grasshoppers.

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Louisiana rice blog launched by Dr. Saichuk

Louisiana rice blog launched. This is an abbreviated version of Dr. Saichuk’s weekly field notes. Dr. Saichuk may also use the blog page to send out something urgent in between regular Field Notes editions. The blog address is: www.lariceman.wordpress.com.

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