Possibilities with Goats
Goat producers can add sausage to their list of possible goat products that they can offer to increase farm income thanks to five yearlong work of Ag Center researchers and meat processors. More...

New Resource for Businesses
Small business owners can find business start-up information, forms, and success stories online on the new website for the Center for Rural and Small Business Development. Designed by a small business client of the center, the website is user-friendly with a calendar of training events, SBA applications, and IRS forms. Visit the site. More...

Ready Set Go
Plans are underway state wide as youth prepare to travel to Baton Rouge for the 2009 Family and Youth Expo, "READY, SET, GO: Encouraging Youth to Win the Academic Race. " The June 18-20, 2009 expo is the culminating celebration for the Ag Center's youth development programs. Contact your local agent for more information. More...

Hand Hygiene
Proper hand washing has proven to be the most effective way to protect yourself against viruses, staph infections, colds, and even food contamination, but many people still don't wash their hands or don't wash them properly. More...

2009 ARD Symposium
Fifteen Southern University researchers and seven students presented 28 research projects at the 15th Biennial Association of Research Directors' Symposium. Students, faculty, and staff from the nation's historically black, land-grant universities converged in Atlanta, Georgia, last month.The purpose of the symposium was to showcase the land-grant commitment to teaching and research More...

Mission:: farmers and families story
Lynda Hassel is a petit woman, but her ambition stands 10 feet tall. She is cultivating a concept to diversify her family farm by resurrecting three greenhouses that have been ignored for years. She didn't see any potential in them until she was selected to participate in the Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center. More...