V. Miller

2 months ago | americanpress.com | V. Miller |Lsu AgCenter

Published 8:22 am Wednesday, January 29, 2025 By V. Todd Miller | LSU AgCenterAs south Louisiana begins to thaw out after the historic arctic blast and double-digit inches of snowfall in many crawfish-producing parishes, many are wondering if there will be a repeat of 2024 that saw small harvests and high prices due to the previous year’s drought. LSU AgCenter researchers are cautiously optimistic that there is barely a snowball’s chance in Acadiana of that happening.

Oct 13, 2024 | magnoliareporter.com | V. Miller

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. LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by Smithsonian Institution entomologist Ted Schultz, which demonstrates that ants began farming fungi after an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing a global mass extinction.

Oct 6, 2024 | shreveporttimes.com | V. Miller

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. LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by Smithsonian Institution entomologist Ted Schultz, which demonstrates that ants began farming fungi after an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, causing a global mass extinction.

Aug 28, 2024 | thepointecoupeebanner.com | V. Miller

Posted in: BATON ROUGE — Heathy eating is a challenge for many Americans even in low inflationary times, but for African-Americans, additional obstacles pile on to make it especially burdensome. An LSU AgCenter researcher conducted a study demonstrating that little research has addressed the cycle of…

Aug 11, 2024 | houmatimes.com | V. Miller |Lsu Ag

By V. Todd MillerSummer is the best time to just sit back and enjoy your garden. While you’re at it, you can start thinking about fall gardening and planning bigger landscaping projects. You still need to keep up with watering, occasional fertilizing and weed control (mostly mechanically because chemicals shouldn’t be used in the heat of summer on turfgrass, although they can be used in flowerbeds). But it is best not to take on any extensive landscape updates in the next couple of months.