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1 L OUISIANA CROPS NEWSLETTER Inside this issue: 2017 Soybean Varieties and Production Practices 1 Tri-State Soybean Forum ASA DuPont Young Leaders Louisiana Master Farmer Program Winterization and Nozzle Tip Selection to Prevent 5 20th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, Southern Corn & Soybean Conference, Southern Precision Ag Conference and Delta States Irrigation Irrigation Conference 7 Crop Specific Text Message Groups 8 Cotton, Corn, Soybeans, Sorghum, and Wheat Volume 6, Issue 12 December Soybean Variety Yields and Production Practices Each year the LSU AgCenter tests commercial soybean varieties that are entered in yield tests by private seed companies. This publication provides information about results of those tests at various locations across the state. For best results using this guide, refer to the tables for variety yield results and pick the location fitting your situation -- or if your farm does not fit any location, choose varieties that performed well at multiple locations. page Upcoming Calendar of Events 9 Contact Information 10 Contributors Dr. Ronnie Levy Dr. Randy Price Dr. Stacia Davis Dr. Ernest Girouard

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9 Upcoming Calendar of Events January 6 Tri-State Soybean Forum Dumas Community Center, Dumas Arkansas January 19 Louisiana Soybean Association Annual Meeting Dean Lee Research Station and Extension Center January 24 Jan. 30 Feb Master Farmer University Red River Research Station in Bossier City, LA. 20th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, Southern Corn & Soybean Conference, Southern Precision Ag Conference and Delta States Irrigation Conference to be held at the Crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge, LA.

10 P A R I S H CONTA C T I N F O R M AT I O N Volume 6, Issue 12 December 2016 Parish County Agent Phone Acadia Jeromy Herbert jherbert@agcenter.lsu.edu Allen Keith Fontenot kfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu Ascension Al Orgeron aorgeron@agcenter.lsu.edu Avoyelles Justin Dufour jdufour@agcenter.lsu.edu Beauregard Keith Hawkins khawkins@agcenter.lsu.edu Bossier Ricky Kilpatrick rkilpatrick@agcenter.lsu.edu Caddo John Terrell jterrell@agcenter.lsu.edu Calcasieu James Meaux jmeaux@agcenter.lsu.edu Caldwell Jim McCann jmccann@agcenter.lsu.edu Cameron James Meaux jmeaux@agcenter.lsu.edu Catahoula Lucas Stamper lstamper@agcenter.lsu.edu Concordia Kylie Miller kmiller@agcenter.lsu.edu Desoto Chuck Griffin cgriffin@agcenter.lsu.edu East Carroll Donna Lee drlee@agcenter.lsu.edu Evangeline Todd Fontenot tfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu Franklin Carol Pinnell-Alison cpinnell-alison@agcenter.lsu.edu Grant Donna Morgan dsmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu Iberia Blair Hebert bhebert@agcenter.lsu.edu Jeff Davis Frances Guidry fguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu Lafayette Stan Dutile sdutile@agcenter.lsu.edu LaSalle Donna Morgan dmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu Lafourche Mike Herbert mherbert@agcenter.lsu.edu Madison R.L. Frazier rfrazier@agcenter.lsu.edu Morehouse Richard Letlow rletlow@agcenter.lsu.edu Natchitoches Donna Morgan dsmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu Ouachita Richard Letlow rletlow@agcenter.lsu.edu Pointe Coupee Mark Carriere ext: 102 mcarriere@agcenter.lsu.edu Rapides Donna Morgan dsmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu Red River Robert Berry rmberry@agcenter.lsu.edu Richland Keith Collins kcollins@agcenter.lsu.edu St. James Mariah Simoneaux mjsimoneaux@agcenter.lsu.edu St. Landry Vincent Deshotel vdeshotel@agcenter.lsu.edu St. Martin Stuart Gauthier sgauthier@agcenter.lsu.edu St. Mary Jimmy Flanagan jflanagan@agcenter.lsu.edu Tensas Dennis Burns dburns@agcenter.lsu.edu Vermilion Andrew Granger agranger@agcenter.lsu.edu West Baton Rouge Stephen Borel sborel@agcenter.lsu.edu West Carroll Bruce Garner bgarner@agcenter.lsu.edu West Feliciana Andre Brock abrock@agcenter.lsu.edu

11 Louisiana Crops New sletter Specialists Specialty Responsibilities Name Phone Soybean Soybean Ron Levy (cell) Cotton, Corn, Sorghum Cotton, Corn, Sorghum Dan Fromme (cell) Weeds Corn, Grain Sorghum, Cotton. Soybeans Daniel Stephenson (cell) Asst. Integrated Pest Management, Northeast Cotton, Corn, Soybean, Grain Sorghum Sebe Brown (cell) Entomology Entomology Cotton, Corn, Soybean, Grain Sorghum Soybean, Corn, Grain Sorghum, Sugarcane David Kerns (cell) Beuzelin, Julien (cell) Nematodes All agronomic crops Charlie Overstreet Pathology Pathology Irrigation Ag Economics and Agribusiness Fertility Soybean, Corn, Grain Sorghum,Cotton, Wheat Soybean, Corn, Grain Sorghum Corn, Grain Sorghum, Cotton. Soybeans Soybean, Cotton, and Feed Grain marketing All agronomic crops Trey Price (cell) Clayton Hollier Stacia Davis Kurt Guidry Wheat Wheat Boyd Padgett (cell) Louisiana Crops Newsletter created and distributed by: Dr. Ronnie Levy Dean Lee Research Station 8105 Tom Bowman Drive Alexandria, LA Phone: Fax: We re on the Web. Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, William B Richardson, LSU Vice President for Agriculture Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service LSU College of Agriculture Issued in furtherance of the Cooperative Extension work, Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. The Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service provides equal opportunities in programs and employment