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Three individuals who have spent their careers dedicated to improving agriculture in Louisiana will be the new...

There’s a ritual and method to working through a pile of crawfish and for many tradition. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what to attribute it to, but there's a certain energy about crawfish season. Despite a great crop of mudbugs last year, COVID-19 restrictions crippled the industry as a whole; restaurants were slapped with COVID mandates and packaging the crustaceans to-go was difficult. Last March, crawfish producer Gerard Frey, of Acadia Parish told the LSU AgCenter at the time they were only able to sell 10 to 20 percent of what they caught. Then, the hurricanes came. During the summe...

Writer: Olivia McClure at omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Master Farmer Program, an LSU AgCenter-led initiative that teaches about conservation, recently graduated its 2020 class. Five new Master Farmer certifications as well as 14 recertifications were awarded Jan. 13 during a virtual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts. Also, Mead Hardwick, of Tensas Parish, was named the 2020 Louisiana Outstanding Master Farmer. To become a Master Farmer, participants must attend educational sessions about environmental stewardship and develop plans f...