Evangeline Ag News. News and information for our parish s agricultural producers and dealers. December 2010

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1 Evangeline Ag News News and information for our parish s agricultural producers and dealers CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES December 23-24, Christmas Holidays January 5 Foundation Seed Rice Orders due, LCES Office 5 Rice and Soybean Producers School Ville Platte Civic Center 7:30 a.m.-noon Evangeline 4-H & FFA Livestock Show Chauncey Pitre Barn 21 Evangeline Cattleman s Association Social and Meal at Livestock Show 6:00 p.m. 22 Farm Bureau Sponsored 4-H & FFA Market Animal Sale - noon February 1-2 No Till Conference - Crowne Plaza, Baton Rouge 1-5 Southwest District Junior Livestock Show Lake Charles 9-12 La. Ag Technology & Management Conference Ag Consultants Association Annual Meeting- Alexandria State 4-H & FFA Livestock Show-Gonzales March 2-5 Commodity Classic Conference Tampa, FL (National Meeting for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Grain Sorghum Associations) 8 Mardi Gras Holiday LIST UPDATING If you have an address, please call our office at , or send an to me at (kfontenot@agctr.lsu.edu) or my secretary, Susan Fontenot at (slfontenot@agctr.lsu.edu). We will put you on our electronic mail list to receive this newsletter as well as other informational crop situation bullets that we receive during the year. You may also visit the LSU AgCenter home page at ( where you may find information on many different and varied topics. For rice-specific information, go to where you will find current information dealing with many facets of rice production and the industry itself. December EVANGELINE & ST. LANDRY PARISH CROP PRODUCTION SCHOOL SCHEDULED Two of Evangeline & St. Landry Parish's most economically important crops will be discussed at length at the 51st Annual Rice Production School and 44th Annual Soybean Production School. These production schools will be held together on Wednesday, January 5 with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Ville Platte Civic Center. Topics to be discussed by specialists and researchers with the LSU Agricultural Center will center on updated production practices concerning both crops. Recertification is also offered on this day to all producers or homeowners needing recertification of their Private Pesticide Applicators Card. If you register, pay the $25.00 fee and attend the entire meeting, you will be recertified as a private pesticide applicator for another 3 year period. These private applicator re-certification meetings will also be offered in February. At the meetings in February you will only be required to stay 1 ½ hours to be recertified. The Annual Rice and Soybean Schools are sponsored by the following agricultural supporting businesses and industries: Acadiana Risk Management, Agriliance/Retail Ag Solutions, Agrotain, Asgrow, BASF, Basile State Bank, Bayer Crop Science, Central Farmers Co-op, Citizens Bank, Crop Production Services, Delta Grow Seed Co., Dupont Crop Protection, Evangeline Rice Growers Assn., Evangeline Bank & Trust, Evangeline Farm Bureau, Evangeline Farmers Coop, First South Farm Credit ACA, G & H Seed Co., Gowan Company, Guaranty Bank of Mamou, Hancock Bank, Quality Equipment, Mamou Rice Drier, Manuel Hardware Inc., Ortego Services Inc., Pioneer, Progressive Tractor, RiceTec, Soileau Industries Inc., Syngenta, Terral Seed, Tri-Parish Bank of Eunice, Valent USA, and Ville Platte Rice Drier. _

2 CROP PRODUCTION SCHOOL PROGRAM AGENDA AND SPEAKERS 7:30-8:00 Registration, Coffee & Donuts Register for Private Pesticide Applicator Re-Certification ($25.00 fee & attend entire meeting) 8:00-8:05 Welcome & Introductions Jeffery Sylvester President, Evangeline Rice Growers Association 8:05-8:30 Rice Varieties, Breeding Program Update Dr. Steve Linscombe Southwest Regional Director, Rice Breeder 8:30-8:55 Review of 2010 Problems, Production Practices for Dr. Johnny Saichuk Rice Specialist, LSU AgCenter 8:55-9:20 Rice Weed Management Dr. Eric Webster Weed Scientist, Agronomy Dept, LSU 9:20-9:35 BREAK 9:35-9:55 Rice Fertility Dr. Dustin Harrell Agronomist, Rice Research Station 9:55-10:15 Rice Water Weevil Demonstrations & Other Insect Observations Dr. Natalie Hummel Entomologist, LSU AgCenter 10:15-10:35 Rice Economics & Market Outlook Michael Deliberto Research Associate, Ag Economics Dept. 10:35 10:50 BREAK 10:50-11:15 Soybean Varieties & Management Practices Dr. Ronnie Levy Soybean Specialist, LSU AgCenter 11:15-11:35 Soybean & Grain Sorghum Market Situation & Outlook Dr. Kurt Guidry Associate Professor, Ag Economics, LSU 11:35-12:15 Worker Protection Standard for Farmers Keith A Fontenot Drift Minimization & Pesticide Re-Certification Training County Agent, Evangeline Parish 12:15 Sign Re-Certification forms Department of Agriculture Personnel (must have attended entire meeting) 12:15 Lunch Courtesy of Ag Businesses & Suppliers listed 2

3 FOUNDATION SEED RICE ALLOCATIONS Below is a list of varieties and amounts of foundation seed rice available from the Rice Research Station for Application forms and Foundation Seed Rice Pool Verification Forms are available at the Parish LCES Office. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me. Following is additional information that may be helpful. * Requests must be in hundredweights. * Applications for foundation seed from all producers should be submitted to the Evangeline Parish County Agent s office on or before January 5, 2011 (the day of the rice school). Producers should not apply directly to the Rice Research Station. * You will be notified when to pick up your seed. * All seed will be packaged in 50 pound paper bags. * The price for all foundation seed rice was set by the Louisiana Seed Rice Growers Association at $65.00 per cwt. * Applications for seed above the amount allocated to each parish may be made at the same time as the regular applications. In making applications for seed in excess of the parish allocations, specify the amount of seed desired and the minimum that will be acceptable. Application units are cwt. * All unrequested foundation seed after February 1 will be sold to Louisiana growers only during the period of February 1 to February 8 on a first-come, first-served basis and in amounts requested, whether large or small. County agents will be notified of unallocated seed. * After February 8, requests from other states will be considered. Louisiana growers will always be given preference. * After requests for seed rice have been received at the Rice Station and individual allocations made, the growers will be notified and requested to submit a 20% deposit. This notification for deposit will be handled directly from the Rice Station and will serve as confirmation of the sale to the grower. Deposits will be due February 7, Evangeline Foundation Seed Allotment (cwts.) Cwt. Variety Characteristics 7 Jazzman A Jasmine-type long grain, very good yield potential, good milling, aroma, flavor, and cooking quality similar to the imported premium Thai Jasmine. It also has a good overall disease package, including moderate susceptibility to sheath blight and resistance to blast. Similar to Wells in plant height and maturity. 27 Jazzman II LA 2149 Early Jasmine-type aromatic long grain, good milling, excellent grain quality, 3 inches shorter and 4 days earlier than Jazzman, susceptible to sheath blight, bacterial panicle blight and straighthead disorder, moderately resistant to blast, yield slightly lower than Jazzman, but higher milling and grain quality. 36 Caffey LA 2162 Early medium grain, excellent yield potential, very good milling and grain quality, bold Calrose-type grain, very little chalk, plant height similar to Jupiter with better lodging resistance, moderately susceptible to blast, sheath blight, bacterial panicle blight diseases and straighthead disorder. 34 Cocodrie Very early, excellent high yielding, semi-dwarf long grain, good milling, good seedling vigor, susceptible to sheath blight and straighthead. 16 Cheniere Early, high yielding, high quality, semi-dwarf long grain, excellent yield, good lodging resistance, moderate resistance to straighthead. 7 Neptune 34 Jupiter Medium grain line; similar to or slightly higher yielding than Jupiter with better grain quality, rattooning ability is also better than Jupiter. Its disease package is better than Bengal, better milling. Very high yielding medium grain, consistently outyielding Bengal, improved resistance to panicle blight, sheath blight, and straighthead disorder, good seedling vigor and milling quality. 3

4 Three New Rice Varieties The Louisiana Rice Research Board learned that farmers will have three new varieties of rice, developed by the LSU AgCenter, to consider for planting. The varieties are the result of rice breeding work funded in part by the Louisiana Rice Research Board through check off funds originating from a 5-cent charge paid into a research fund on every 100 pounds of rice sold by farmers. The board met to decide how to spend those funds for the coming year, agreeing to allocate more than $1.4 million for 20 projects, including economic research, agronomy, disease and insect treatments, and variety development. The new varieties announced by Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder and director of the Rice Research Station include a new medium-grain variety, a long-grain Clearfield variety and an aromatic Jasmine-type variety. Seed from the three releases will provide limited seed production in The medium-grain variety has been named Caffey, to recognize the work of Rouse Caffey, retired LSU AgCenter chancellor who had been a director of the Rice Research Station. Linscombe said this medium-grain variety has consistently out-yielded Neptune and Jupiter varieties in testing for the past three years. Its grain is bolder and similar to Calrose, a quality preferred by many end users. Caffey was director of the Rice Research Station from 1962 until Previously, he had started a rice research facility in Mississippi. He began his rice work as a student in 1955, so a variety named for him is deeply rewarding. I feel honored, and it s very satisfying, Caffey said. I ve had a long association with rice, and I still maintain my interest in the rice industry. Linscombe said Caffey s work in rice research paved the way for the LSU AgCenter to have one of the top research facilities of its kind. Dr. Caffey had the foresight to advance the research at the station, and naming a variety for him is a way of thanking him for those efforts. The new Clearfield variety has been designated CL152. Its grain quality is superior to CL151, and it has more resistance to lodging or falling over and to straighthead and blast diseases, according to Linscombe, who developed this variety. The new aromatic variety has been named Jazzman II. It has increased aroma compared with its predecessor Jazzman, which was released last year to compete with imports of Jasmine rice from Thailand, according to Xueyan Sha, the LSU AgCenter rice breeder responsible for both versions of Jazzman. Jazzman II (LA2149) Jazzman II (LA2149) is a semi dwarf, early-maturing, Jasmine-type aromatic, long-grain experimental rice line with good grain and milling yields and excellent grain quality. It was developed by using the pedigree selection technique from a 2003 cross between an unreleased Louisiana conventional long-grain line and an unreleased Louisiana Jasmine-type aromatic rice line , which has the pedigree of Jasmine 85/Della//Leah/Della. The average yield of Jazzman II was 6,892, which is slightly lower than 7,005 pounds per acre of Jazzman. However, the average whole grain and total milling yields for Jazzman II were 63.2 percent and 70.2 percent, respectively, which are higher than that of Jazzman. On average, Jazzman II is 3 inches shorter than Jazzman and matures four days earlier than Jazzman. Jazzman II has typical Jasmine cooking qualities with low amylase content, low gelatinization temperature and very strong aroma. Jazzman II is susceptible to sheath blight, bacterial panicle blight and straighthead disorder but moderately resistant to blast. Like Jazzman, Jazzman II has glabrous leaves, lemma, palea and no dormancy. 4

5 Caffey (LA2162) Caffey (LA2162) is an early-maturing, semi dwarf medium-grain line with excellent yield potential, very good milling yields and grain quality, and a very bold grain. It was developed from an ongoing recurrent selection program using the varieties Bengal, Mercury and Rico 1. The specific pedigree for this line is Bengal//Mercury/Rico 1/3/Mercury/Rico 1//Bengal. The average yield of Caffey was 8,100 pounds per acre compared with 8,086 and 7,283 for Jupiter and Neptune, respectively. The average whole grain and total milling yields for Caffey were 68.7 percent and 72.3 percent; for Jupiter, they were 68.2 percent and 71.3 percent; and for Neptune, they were 68.8 percent and 72.2 percent, respectively, in the same trials. In addition, Caffey has shown very little chalk, as well as a very bold grain that approaches the size of typical Calrose-type varieties grown in California. While Caffey averages 1 inch taller in plant height than Jupiter, limited testing has indicated that it will have better resistance to lodging. Caffey has typical southern medium-grain cooking qualities. Caffey appears to be moderately susceptible to sheath blight, blast, bacterial panicle blight and straighthead disorder. Clearfield 152 (LA2051) Clearfield 152 (LA2051) is an early-maturing, long-grain, semi dwarf Clearfield rice line with a very good grain yield and quality. It was developed from the cross Tacauri/3/Cypress//L202/Tebonnet/4/CL161. Tacauri is a high quality long-grain variety from Uruguay, while L202 is a long-grain variety developed in California, and Tebonnet is a longgrain from Arkansas. The average yield of Clearfield 152 was 7,880 pounds per acre in multi-location testing in 2009, while the yields for CL 151 and CL 111 were 8,501 and 7,493 pounds per acre in the same trials, respectively. The average whole-grain and total milling yields for Clearfield 152 were 66.7 percent and 71.8 percent; for CL151, they were 65.5 percent and 72.2 percent; and for CL111, they were 66.5 percent and 71.9 percent, respectively. All three of these varieties average about 36 inches in plant height at maturity, but limited testing has shown that Clearfield 152 appears to have better lodging resistance than CL151 and CL111. Clearfield 152 will be about two to three days later in maturity than CL151. Clearfield 152 appears to have higher levels of resistance to blast than CL151 and appears to be susceptible to sheath blight and moderately susceptible to bacterial panicle blight and straighthead disorder. The LSU AgCenter prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disabilities, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. Persons with disabilities, who require alternative means for communication of program information or other assistance, should contact the Evangeline Parish Office of the LSU AgCenter at (337) If you have any questions, please contact the office of the LSU AgCenter at 230 Court Street in Ville Platte, or call me at , and we will try to answer any and all questions you may have on these topic. Keith Fontenot County Agent Evangeline Parish 5

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