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LSU-bred higher-protein, low-glycemic rice variety gains traction. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Rice already has a strong nutritional profile. After all, it is one of the first solid foods recommended for babies because of its ease of digestibility. Two producers want to...

• By Bruce Schultz • The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station is collaborating with a Cornell University-based project aimed at studying the ancestors of what became the modern rice plant. Researchers hope the work will uncover useful traits...

Nominations for inductees into the 2019 Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction are being accepted now through Nov. 19. Selected individuals will be recognized during a banquet at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 7, 2019. The nomination form can...

Dr. Kurt Guidry, director of the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s Southwest Region, has appointed Dr. Don Groth the new director of the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley.  Guidry also named Dr. Dustin Harrell the station’s assistant director, a position...