The LSU AgCenter will conduct rice field days in Evangeline and Jefferson Davis parishes in May.


The Evangeline Parish field day will be held May 25 at 8 a.m. at the B&R Farm on Reeton Road. Presentations will include fertility and insect control.


The tour will then travel to the Bieber Farms, a mile west of Mamou on Bieber Road, for updates on new variety development, the current growing season, herbicide application, fungicides and the current rice market.


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