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Select plants with heat and drought tolerance for summer landscapes. Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter

Select plants with heat and drought tolerance for summer landscapes. Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter

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Hot, dry weather is tough on plants

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 11, 2023
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist The high temperatures and heat stress we’ve experienced this summer is not only difficult for us. Our plants feel that heat, too.
Solar panels at UL Lafayette. (UL Lafayette photo)

Solar panels at UL Lafayette. (UL Lafayette photo)

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First Solar plans $1.1B solar panel manufacturing facility

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 11, 2023
First Solar announced it has selected Acadiana Regional Airport as the site of its fifth American manufacturing facility. The company said it will invest up to $1.1 billion in the facility, which will produce high-performance photovoltaic (PV) solar modules.
By Olivia McClure omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — After years of research aimed at finding an effective way to control exploding populations of feral hogs, a patent has been issued for a bait developed by scientists with the LSU AgCenter and LSU Department of Chemistry. The bait uses sodium nitrite, which is lethal to feral swine, the culprits behind millions of dollars in damage to agricultural fields and forestlands in Louisiana and across the country. But the bait has minimal impact on the en

By Olivia McClure omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — After years of research aimed at finding an effective way to control exploding populations of feral hogs, a patent has been issued for a bait developed by scientists with the LSU AgCenter and LSU Department of Chemistry. The bait uses sodium nitrite, which is lethal to feral swine, the culprits behind millions of dollars in damage to agricultural fields and forestlands in Louisiana and across the country. But the bait has minimal impact on the en

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Patent issued for feral hog bait developed by LSU scientists

Olivia McClure / omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu
Friday, August 11, 2023
After years of research aimed at finding an effective way to control exploding populations of feral hogs, a patent has been issued for a bait developed by scientists with the LSU AgCenter and LSU Department of Chemistry.

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State and regional qualifiers

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Qualifiers for state and regional office include the following. Governor Benjamin Barnes, Independent, P.O. Box 152, Angola. Patrick Henry “Dat” Barthel, Republican, 3 Wax Myrtle Ln., St. Rose.Daniel M. “Danny” Cole, Democrat, 23180 Hwy. 8, West Trout. Oscar “Omar” Dantzler Jr.

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Gov., DNR announce 500 orphaned wells plugged

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Tom Harris announced that contractors have plugged more than 500 orphaned well sites in the first six-and-a-half months of work funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Chrysanthemum means “gold blossom” in Greek. These flowers are a symbol of fall. (Photo by Anna Ribbeck/LSU AgCenter)

Chrysanthemum means “gold blossom” in Greek. These flowers are a symbol of fall. (Photo by Anna Ribbeck/LSU AgCenter)

Ready for cooler temperatures? You can start planning your fall garden now

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 4, 2023
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist We’ve had a brutally hot summer here in Louisiana this year. It’s enough to make me daydream about fall — crisp temperatures, colorful leaves and the many plant possibilities the season brings in the garden.

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As LSU strategy chief leaves university, strategic plan remains unfinished

Piper Hutchinson / Louisiana Illuminator
Friday, August 4, 2023
Almost two years after he came to LSU as the newly-created vice president for strategy, Mark Bieger has left the university, leaving LSU’s strategic plan unfinished. Bieger, who served alongside President William F.

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Louisiana removes more than 50,000 people from Medicaid

Julie O’Donoghue / Louisiana Illuminator
Friday, August 4, 2023
Louisiana removed 50,600 people from government-funded Medicaid health insurance over the last few weeks, as part of the program’s massive disenrollment process nationwide. But the decision to drop all those people may not be permanent.
Milton Scott. (Photo courtesy Scott family)

Milton Scott. (Photo courtesy Scott family)

Shooting exacted a toll on victim’s family, FBI agents

Myracle Lewis, Amelia Gabor and Birdie O’Connell / LSU Manship School News Service
Friday, August 4, 2023
Second of two stories Beverly Shabazz did not have a job and was seven months pregnant with her second child when her husband, Milton X Scott, was shot and killed outside their home in 1973 by FBI agents attempting to arrest him. “I was thinking I have these two kids to raise,” she said.
A solar-powered boat designed and built by a team of UL Lafayette mechanical engineering students recently became the first from the U.S. to compete in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. The five-member Southern Solar team’s innovative vessel (foreground) was showcased during races, demonstrations and a presentation at the event in Monaco, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. (Submitted photo)

A solar-powered boat designed and built by a team of UL Lafayette mechanical engineering students recently became the first from the U.S. to compete in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. The five-member Southern Solar team’s innovative vessel (foreground) was showcased during races, demonstrations and a presentation at the event in Monaco, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. (Submitted photo)

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UL Lafayette engineering students make a splash

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Boats of all shapes and sizes – from some of the world’s largest, most-luxurious yachts to sleek powerboats – cruise the waters near the Monaco Yacht Club on the Mediterranean Sea.