Forrest Laws

June 30, 2014

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LSU Rice Research Station scientists had to make some adjustments, but they all were able to impart most of the information they had prepared for the station's annual field day on June 25. The rains held off long enough to allow the LSU AgCenter's Randy Price and Charles Malveaux to demonstrate a UAV Malveaux built to help give producers an idea of how the machines could help them see what's happening on the back side of a rice field.

By that afternoon, the rains resumed and continued throughout the Mid-South region for several more days, causing flooding in some rural and urban areas.

About the Author(s)

Forrest Laws

Forrest Laws spent 10 years with The Memphis Press-Scimitar before joining Delta Farm Press in 1980. He has written extensively on farm production practices, crop marketing, farm legislation, environmental regulations and alternative energy. He resides in Memphis, Tenn. He served as a missile launch officer in the U.S. Air Force before resuming his career in journalism with The Press-Scimitar.

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