Famoso named director of LSU AgCenter rice research station
LSU AgCenter rice breeder Adam Famoso working in a greenhouse at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. Famoso was recently named director of the station. (LSU AgCenter file photo)
By Olivia McClure
omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu
CROWLEY — The LSU AgCenter has named Adam Famoso resident director and research coordinator of its H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station near Crowley.
Famoso, a rice breeder who has been central to the station’s variety development efforts, assumed the role Jan. 1.
He now oversees an acclaimed research facility where scientists not only create new…