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August 2011 Articles

Shipping Day on Riser's Family Farms
LSU AgCenter beef specialist offers tips to prevent cattle theft
Use of Pharmaceuticals in Food-Producing Animals
FEEDLOT PLACEMENTS REMAIN LARGE
Art, science combine in reducing sweet potato diseases
Langston Places at State 4-H Ambassador Talk
Proper landscape watering is important
Exchange Rates Favoring U.S. Beef Exports
Growth-Promoting Implants and Our Food Supply
Is Beef From Naturally-Managed Cattle Better Than Beef From Conventionally-Manag
Improving Grazing Management
Updates and New Recommendations for Equine Deworming
Timing management practices?
Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding
Management Determines the Selling Price of Feeder Calves
Retail Staple Food Prices Rise in First Quarter
LSU AgCenter agents help prisoners prepare for reentry
DROUGHT AID AVAILABLE FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS
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Cutting Corners: Easy Strawberry Pie
Fun Facts
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FEEDLOT UPDATE:
Foreign Oil Imports:
New food safety law shifts focus to prevention
Home sales, Japan, mills featured at forestry forum
Equine--The Golden Years
Louisiana Young Ag Producers Program participants selected
'Louisiana Honey Plants' publication released by LSU AgCenter
AFBF Applauds House Passage of Veterinary Health Bill
AFBF Intervenes in Pesticide Lawsuit
Budget cuts force LSU AgCenter to phase out 3 research stations
Did You Know?
• Learn all about blueberries on new website
Fun Facts
Commissioner Strain and LDAF celebrate Ag Day 2011
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Strain: It's A Great Day in Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry
Beekeepers can remove, manage honeybee swarms
New vitamin D dietary rates announced
New USDA Standards to Reduce Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
Farmers Prevail in Court Decision on EPA Livestock Rules
Louisiana agriculture up 20 percent in 2010 to $9.9 billion
Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding
Fun Facts
Cutting Corners: Quick and Easy Banana Pudding
News Brief:
VERY STRONG CALF AND YEARLING PRICES
Don't Let Tetany Be a Problem For You This Year
10 Traits of Top Managers
Louisiana Junior Cattlemen of the Year Award
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's Statement on Record Forecast for U.S. Farm Expor
Crawfish season off to sluggish start
LSU AgCenter experts help crawfish farmers increase their yields
Non-native grass threatens La. forests
News Brief:
Knowing your rights can protect your 'heir property'
Physical activity has no age limit
EPA GHG Regulations Brings 'Double Economic Jolt' to Ag
Over-regulation Continues to Hurt the Banking Industry
News Brief:
Strain Mississippi River resolution approved by NASDA
LAFA distributes $11.2 million for poultry grower aid
87 Percent of Young Farmers, Ranchers Express More Optimism
Earth-Kind roses are low-maintenance options
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Cutting Corners: Hot Chicken Salad

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Learn all about blueberries on new website

Learn all about blueberries on new website Source: LSU AgCenter As demand for blueberries keeps increasing so does the need for more people to grow them. To promote both the production of blueberries and their nutritional value, the LSU AgCenter has developed a new website, www.eXtension.org/blueberries. “This website has several goals. But a primary goal is to introduce a new economic development opportunity for people,” said Natalie Hummel, LSU AgCenter extension entomologist and the project leader for the new website. The website is part of the eXtension.org national website, which includes educational information on hundreds of topics posted by extension specialists at land-grant universities across the country. LSU AgCenter specialists, along with collaborators in three other southern states, received a three-year, $518,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative in September 2009 to develop the blueberry website. The website is populated with articles on how to grow blueberries, both conventionally and organically. Topics covered include site selection, soil testing, treating diseases, weeds, insect pests and much more. The website has information on the health benefits of eating blueberries as well as how to select fresh berries, cook with them and preserve them through canning, freezing and drying. A recipe section includes salads, pies, drinks, muffins and even a blueberry soup. “The site will be continually updated and added to,” Hummel said. If viewers want to know something about blueberries they can’t find on the site, they can “Ask an Expert” by going to a link on every page where questions can be posted. Blueberries are becoming more popular as word of their nutritional benefits spreads, said Heli Roy, LSU AgCenter nutritionist and website contributor. They are an excellent source of antioxidants, which can help protect the body from cancer, diabetes and heart disease. “Research keeps uncovering more benefits from eating blueberries,” Roy said. Blueberries also are good sources of fiber and vitamin C. A half cup of blueberries contains fewer than 50 calories, Roy said. Fresh, locally grown blueberries are available from early May through mid-June in south Louisiana and from early June through mid-July in north Louisiana. Fresh blueberries from other sections of the country are plentiful in supermarkets in July and August. Most blueberry production in the United States is in the Northeast, but the No. 1 state in blueberry production is Michigan, which produced 99 million pounds in 2009, said Roger Hinson, LSU AgCenter economist. The South lags behind both the Midwest and the West, but the fastest growth in blueberry production is in the West and the South, he said. In 2009, Louisiana had 123 blueberry producers, according to the LSU AgCenter’s Ag Summary estimates. Blueberries were grown on nearly 300 acres with a yield per acre at about 2,600 pounds. The gross farm value was a little more than $1.5 million. “We hope as a result of this site more people will go into the blueberry-production business,” Hummel said. “We also hope more people will eat more blueberries.”
The LSU AgCenter’s four partners in the project are the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Poplarville, Miss.; Mississippi State University in Starkville; Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.; and North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

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