BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry officials say cotton plants may look beautiful in private home landscapes but the state must monitor all planted cotton for boll weevil presence, including cotton grown for ornamental purposes.


Todd Parker, LDAF assistant commissioner for the Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, said state boll weevil eradication laws provide that anyone who wants to plant cotton for non-commercial purposes must receive prior permission from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry.


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