Louisiana Delta Crop Podcast

We chat with Maria Salvador Santos and Leonardo Rezende about there time here at the LSU AgCenter.

Nate Jennings joined the Richland parish team on August 1st as the ANR (agronomy) agent for Richland and Ouachita parish. He sits down with Kylie and Dennis to share his background.

Dennis and Kylie chat with Shelly and Dawson Kerns to discuss their new positions with the LSU AgCenter.

Kylie and Dennis talk to Dr. Donnie Miller and James Hendrix about Ryegrass control with cover crops.

Volume 14, Issue 5 - August 2024 (lsuagcenter.com)

Australia Rice Farmer and Miller, Steve Rogers talks to Bruce and Dennis about farming in Northeast Louisiana and Australia.

LRWA Source Water Protection Workshop

March 26, 2024

LSU AgCenter - 195A Community Road

Oak Grove, La 71263

The program will host a 4-hour training/community meeting at the LSU AgCenter office March 26,2024. Registration will begin at 12:30 PM. The meeting will outline the program and allow the public to get information and sign up for drinking water protection committee to be established for the area. The public is invited to attend and take an active role in ensuring clean drinking water for the future. There will be presentations from LADEQ, USDA, NRCS, LDH-OPH, and LRWA.

Susan Robbins, Source Water Protection Specialist

Louisiana Rural Water Association

P.O. Box 180 - Kinder, LA 70648

Office: 1-800-256-2591

Cell: 337-658-9833

[email protected]

Jesse Means

Louisiana DEQ

225-219-1827

[email protected].

Dennis and Kylie sit down and visit with Dr. Bill Robertson, Conservation Agronomist. Dr. Robertson will be the keynote speaker in the upcoming Soil Health and Cover Crop Field Tour on March 28, 2024. The field day is in St. Joseph at the Northeast Research Station starting at 8:30.

The crew sits down with new LSU AgCenter ANR Agents Trip Morgan and Tyler Garza. We talk about their background and future plans.

Tripp Morgan

Assistant Extension Agent

Agricultural and Natural Resources (Livestock & Forages)

Union, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, West Carroll

210 E. Water Street Farmerville, LA 71241

[email protected]

318-368-9935

Tyler Garza

Assistant Extension Agent

East Carroll Parish

502 First Street Lake Providence, La 71254

[email protected]

318-559-1459

Help us say goodbye and wish our friend, R.L. Frazier, County Agent in Madison and East Carroll Parish a happy retirement.

Bruce Garner, Extension Agent from West Carroll and Morehouse Parish, travels to Kennedy Rice to talk to Chanel Carter about Rice Sustainability.

Chanel Carter

Delta Land and Farm Mgt.

O: 318.647.5744

610 Wilmot Highway, P.O. Box 259 | Mer Rouge, LA 71261

[email protected]