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The LSU AgCenter's research has had a significant impact across Louisiana by addressing the state's most pressing agricultural, environmental, and social challenges. Through our extensive network of researchers, extension agents, and community partners, we have developed innovative solutions to increase agricultural productivity, improve food safety, enhance natural resource management, and promote community development.
Our research has directly benefited Louisiana's farmers, ranchers, fishers, and food processors, as well as consumers and the broader public. By collaborating with stakeholders across the state, we have translated our research findings into practical, evidence-based recommendations that have helped to build resilient and sustainable communities throughout Louisiana.
(09/09/26) The work is funded by a grant from the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.
(09/01/26) The scientists are working to learn more about Cercospora, a genus of fungi that cause plant diseases.
(08/26/26) A recent workshop gave participants the chance to harvest and process tea leaves.
Research Matters issue for 2025
(10/03/24) Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by millions of years.
(Video 06/07/24) They are unwelcome pests trying to set up shop in our homes. This particular pest is bedbugs, and they are increasingly becoming a problem.
(02/28/23) BATON ROUGE, La. — Breakthroughs in the preservation techniques of aquatic species genomes could aid conservation efforts.
(02/17/23) Cover cropping is an increasingly popular practice among farmers, and home gardeners can reap the benefits, too.
A researcher in the Department of Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising at LSU is working on a way to relieve some of the stress regarding newborn health.
