Research is focused on problems and crops that directly impact Louisiana agriculture.
Crops in the program include hybrid forage bermudagrass, soybean, alfalfa, and dallisgrass. Hybrid forage bermudagrass is the main warm season perennial forage grown in Louisiana and the southeastern United States. Dallisgrass and alfalfa are two forages that are grown on less acreage than bermudagrass in Louisiana, but livestock producers are interested in expanding their acreage in these crops. If improvements can be made in pest resistance and basic agronomic traits, producers will be able to increase their utilization of these two highly desirable forages. Soybean is grown on more acres than any other annual crop in Louisiana, and is an important rotational crop.