LSU Ag Extension County Agents Kim Deville, Madison LaTour and Brittany Zaunbrecher provided reports to the Police Jury at their meeting on Tuesday night.  Here are the Highlights that were reported:

Parish 4-H students traveled to the National Shootings Sports competition in Grand Island Nebraska.  There were three members on the Hunting Skills Team representing the State of Louisiana.  The skills consist of Archery, Shot Fun, 22 Rifle and a Skills test.  The team finished 2^nd overall with these individual results:

• Aaron Bieber – 10^th
• Shaun Young – 4^th
• Tallon Soileau – 3^rd.

Lance Fontenot represented the Parish on the Shotgun Team.

The Louisiana Shooting Sports Team placed 1^st overall at Nationals.

In Robotics, the sponsors are CLECO, Schlumberger and Cabot.  The focus was on Lego Robotics last year, and they are introducing drones and underwater robotics this year.  The 4-H students toured the Schlumberger facilities and learned about STEM jobs from the Sponsor.

The following students participated in an interview process at the 4-H State Conference and were appointed as below:

• Alissa Olivier – Fashion Board
• Amelia Fontenot – Citizenship Board
• Madeline Soileau – Wetland Ambassador

At the 4-H University, there were 18 participants with home in the educational Clover College and some competing in state level contests:

• Amelia Fontenot – 9^th Career Prep
• Caroline Garrett – 1^st – Child Development
• Collin Deville – 7^th Consumer Decision Making
• Alissa Olivier – 10^th Blue Ribbon – Ready to Wear
• Justin Castille and Andre Fuselier – 6^th Healthy Living Method Demo
• Dana Fontenot – 9^th – Insect ID
• Daisy Berzas – 10^th Visual Arts
• Abigail Roy – 7^th – 4-H has Talent

Sewing for Services and Gardening is the new Project Club.

LSU AgCenter Master Cattleman Class finished up on June 13. 22 producers completed the class, with three of them having their cattle operations here in Evangeline Parish.

Thursday September 5, the Evangeline Parish Cattlemen’s Association hosted a field day at the Chauncey Pitre Barn. With over twenty participants and board members in attendance, producers learned about meeting the nutrition requirements of cattle through hay quality and supplementation from Brett Richard, sales representative from Sweetlix. LSU AgCenter Livestock and Forages Agent Brittany Zaunbrecher spoke to the group about producing quality forages and hay, reducing dry matter losses, and soil and hay testing services offered by the LSU AgCenter. Curtis Bryant, Sales Manager for Neogen, spoke to the group about DNA testing and what it can tell producers about their cattle and how they can improve their genetics with DNA testing. Thanks to Louisiana Home Builders and the Evangeline Cattlemen’s Association for putting on a great field day event!