Provides information on ABL principal goals for biotechnology education and research.

LSU AgCenter Biotechnology Laboratory (ABL) promotes long-term economic and business opportunities that will benefit Louisiana through the use of modern biotechnology research and establishing biotechnology as one of the future leading industries in our state.

The LSU AgCenter Biotechnology Laboratory Mission Statement as well as short and long term goals.

"The Louisiana Farmer of the Year Program" was started in 1998 as a partnership with the Louisiana Network, LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry as a way to honor Louisiana's number one industry: agriculture.

The Louisiana Farmer of the Year is a parnership between the LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Network and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

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To continue addressing the current issues of Louisiana’s agriculture, the LSU AgCenter will host the 2008 Agricultural Outlook Conference on February 25 - 27, 2008, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Monroe. The theme of this year’s conference is “Connecting Agriculture and Renewable Energy Opportunities.”

“Connecting Agriculture and Alternative Energy Opportunities" Speaker's Bios

S. Oard. My areas of research include controlling bacterial and fungal diseases in crops , development of new biobased products, and molecular dynamics simulations of proteins.

The Annual LSU AgCenter AgOutlook conference will be recorded and available for viewing after January 25th

Provides objectives and progress reports for the LSU AgCenter Biotechnolocy Laboratory Plant Research.

Contains information on the general organization, operating procedures, use of laboratories and use of ABL equipment.

ABL has dual goals of conducting leading-edge research and the development of plant and animal biotechnology projects with commercial potential for Louisiana companies.

The workshops will be designed to provide a forum for biotechnology tools that will help LSU AgCenter scientists in the development and implementation of their future research programs.

Provides a list of resources related to the ABL.

A primary goal of the LSU AgCenter’s Biotechnology Laboratory (ABL) is to develop new commercial products and establish biotechnology as one of Louisiana’s future leading industries.

As a young man, Joe Mitcham, Jr. considered a career in medicine. But being a Ruston native, he naturally had to try his patience with peaches. This proved to be a wise business decision when Mitcham was named the 2004 Farmer of the Year at the Lod Cook Alumni Center in Baton Rouge.

Gerard Frey has lost crops to drought. He has lost money due to low commodity prices. He even lost both kidneys during one tumultuous harvest. But he never lost his passion for farming and his persistence was rewarded by being named the 2005 Louisiana Farmer of the Year.

He calls himself a rice farmer, but 2003 Farmer of the Year recipient Robert Thevis grows much more than rice. Thevis farms nearly two thousand acres in Avoyelles Parish raising soybeans, corn, milo, and when the weather allows winter wheat. He finds the freedom to farm alluring.

The Farmer of the Year awards ceremony is held every year in March. Provides information and directions for 2007 ceremony.

The LSU AgCenter, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation and Louisiana Network have joined hands to honor excellence in agriculture with the “Louisiana Farmer of the Year” -- our way of recognizing excellence and your way to nominate an outstanding farmer.

(Distributed 03/17/06) Avoyelles Parish is known as the Cajun Crossroads and home to a diverse agricultural economy. It’s where you will find Larry Sayes doing what he does best – growing bumper crops of corn, cotton and soybeans on nearly 3,000 acres. Sayes does it so well he was named the 2006 Louisiana Farmer of the Year.