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Program Highlights
4-H Youth Development Beauregard Parish has an active 4-H program with a 4-H Club in each of our parish public schools as well as a Home School Club and one private club. We have an annual enrollment between 500 and 600 youth between the ages of 9 and 19. Club educational programs con-tinue to focus on Work Ethic and Character Counts. This focus continues to be an issue that our 4-H Advisory views as a continued educational importance. Many educational activities such as workshops and Field Days are conducted annually. Activi-ties have conducted related to Pet Shows and Pet Care, Science and Engineering, Foods Contest and safety activities, Puppet Practices and Puppet Shows at annual Parish Fair and the Beauregard Watermelon Festival. The largest 4-H project enrollments in Beauregard Parish are the Introduction to 4-H “Discovering 4-H”, Outdoor Skills which includes the disciplines of Archery, Rifle, Shotgun and Hunting, and the more traditional Livestock projects which include beef, goats, poultry, rabbits, sheep and swine. We have over 50 direct and indirect volunteers who serve as organizational club leaders, project volunteers, educational activity presenters, judges, as well as other volunteer efforts.
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Beauregard Parish has ranked second in forestry receipts statewide in 2009, 2010 &
2011. The 2012 SW LA Forestry Forum educated forest landowners about the state of LA
forestry, mineral & pipeline leasing, ecotourism, movie site registration, selling small timber
tracts, and NRCS longleaf programs. Other forestry programs included: hunting lease tax
workshop, family succession workshop, and prescribed burn workshop.
Master Gardeners started its second MG classes for nine recruits, and several of the
Beauregard MG’ers became Advanced MG. These MG’er have started a demonstration
garden at the Fairgrounds and had tours during the Parish Fair. Extra vegetables went to
the Council of Aging. Our MG’ers are assisting with the 2011 State MG Meeting in Lake
Charles. One MG’ers lead a workshop about ornamental eucalyptus in Merryville. Another
MG’er has instructed both children and adults about
insects at several events.
The SW LA Beekeepers Association celebrated its
first anniversary in FY 2012, and at least six attendees
have started their first hives. This Association contin-
ues to have meetings and workshops to help novice
beekeepers in starting, splitting, inspecting hives. Out-
side speakers have discussed hive pests and income
taxes. The Board continues to make recommendations
on programs to promote local beekeeping.
Beauregard Parish Profile
Beauregard Parish
Extension Office
Address: PO Box 609,
203 West Third St.
DeRidder, LA 70634
Phone: 337-463-7006
Fax: 337-463-7007
Email: [email protected]
Web site: LSUAgCenter.com/beauregard
Office Hours:
8:00a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Keith Hawkins
Parish Chair, SW Area For-
ester, County Agent [email protected]
Twitter@khawkbikeragent
Mike LaVergne
County Agent, 4-H, Environ-
mental Science
Lisa Johnson
Administrative Coordinator [email protected]
PROGRAMS:
4-H ,Youth & Family
Development
Citizenship/Leadership Science, Engineering &
Technology
Healthy Living Livestock Shows
Shooting Sports
Challenge Camp & more
Hands-on Field Day Activities
Agriculture & Natural
Resources (ANR)
Beef Cattle
Beekeeping
Forestry & Wildlife
Horticulture/Lawns and
Gardens
Master Gardeners
Pest Management & more
March 2012
Who we reach: Youth: (includes 600 4-H members in 18
school 4-H clubs) Adults: (includes forest landowners
from LA, TX, CO, CA, VA, WA, WV);
Total Agriculture & Natural Re-
sources contacts: 58,367
How we reach them: 4-H clubs Class series
School Enrichment Demonstrations
Field days Workshops
Newsletters Web sites
Publications Social media
Expanding our efforts: 170 Volunteers - 4-H, Master Gardeners,
Volunteers for Family & Community, SW LA
Forestry Association, SW LA Beekeepers
Association, Beauregard Cattleman’s Asso-
ciation.
Report to Beauregard Parish Stakeholders
Parish Facts
LSU AgCenter County Agents provide
research-based information on plant, and
animal enterprises to Beauregard Parish
clientele. The 2010 total dollar amount from
these commodities were:
—Plant enterprises - $59,767,276
—Animal enterprises - $12,399,781
Data from the Louisiana Ag Summary
Web site: LSUAgCenter.com/agsummary
Population - 35,419
Land area (acres) - 755,772
Persons under 18 years old - 26.0%
Persons 65 years old and over - 13.1%
Median household income - $43,398
Persons below poverty - 14.0%
Local Issues & Plans for this
year. 1. Promote the wise use of natural re-
sources & protection of the environment.
-Collaboration with Southwest LA Forestry
Association to bring an annual Forestry Fo-
rum and other natural resource education:
Sponsorship of Teachers Forestry Tour & 4-
H Forestry Invitational in WV.
-Deliver a workshop about eucalyptus for
homeowners & assist Merryville in become “Eucalyptus Capital of Louisiana”.
-Deliver workshops on hunting leases, legacy issues, & prescribed burning
2. Increase productivity & profitability of LA Agriculture.
-Advise landowners on optimal timber sale practices.
-Continue providing training for private pesticide applicators. Enable new applicators to ob-
tain licenses.
-Advise producers on safe, effective pest control.
--Support Beauregard Cattlemen’s Association by scheduling various livestock and forage
specialists.
--Enabling local Master Gardeners to support horticultural education.
—Enabling SW LA Beekeepers Association by providing apiary education.
3. Build leaders and good citizens through 4-H youth development.
-Through the assistance of youth and adult volunteers; train Club officers the importance of being a good leader and prepare them to perform their 4-H Club Officer duties while teach-ing Life Skills in various 4-H educational activities. -Through efforts of Master Gardener volunteers and 4-H volunteers, continue gardening
educational activities to help youth increased their knowledge of gardening & plant propa-
gation and learn about healthy living
-Through the Advisory process; continue conducting timely 4-H club educational programs
and Field Day activities to meet the 4-H youth development needs.
*Local Funding Beauregard Police Jury Beauregard Parish School Board Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office SW LA Forestry Association
April 2011