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What are these fields for that are south of Alex Box?
Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:31 pm
OK OB experts, I was cruising google earth and I see these huge open fields. From street view thew are simply plowed fields. It seems the acreage would be worth a fortune being so close to campus and proximity to downtown B.R. I cant believe crop value would compare to the land value.
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Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:34 pm to MotorBoater
Ben Hur LSU Ag Center Research farm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:36 pm to MotorBoater
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Ben Hur LSU Ag Center Research farm
This.
Had corn and soybeans when I was working there. Plowed and bushogged them fields many a time. Best damn job I ever had.
There were so many golf balls up against the back of the course
The dairy right there though shut down and I’m pretty sure they park buses there now. Probably only a matter of time before all of that is retail or parking.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:50 pm to jimbeam
Thanks guys. That makes since now. After looking back at the picture there was a tractor plowing in the southern field. jimbeam dat you? LOL.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 5:52 pm to MotorBoater
Unless they haven’t updated the photo in like 5 years, no
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:14 pm to I B Freeman
You may be wrong. It's been 6 years since I worked there but pretty sure that's vet science farm land and they let plant science plant corn for the diary every now and then. I guess it might be Ben hur since its all ag land. I thought it was under the vet school though
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 8:19 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:16 pm to jimbeam
What years did you work there? Best job I ever had as well
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:16 pm to celltech1981
Maybe it is now but the pasture was where new tennis courts are.
That whole section south of the dairy house was silage.
That whole section south of the dairy house was silage.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 8:19 pm to jimbeam
It's a shame they are chopping that land up. My best 6 years of college were spent on Ben hur research station.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:06 pm to celltech1981
shot the shite out of the doves around there back in the 80s
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:13 pm to celltech1981
I was there 2012ish
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:17 pm to jimbeam
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The dairy right there though shut down
LSU closed its dairy farm? Or are you talking about Gen Ex?
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:18 pm to tigerinthebueche
They moved all the dairy operation (by Alex box) elsewhere except maybe a few for ag classes. I’m pretty sure anyway.
This post was edited on 9/11/18 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:25 pm to jimbeam
Is that where they gona plant the weed?
Posted on 9/11/18 at 9:29 pm to jimbeam
Damn that’s a shame. I worked a couple of Fenbendazole studies on dairy cows there. Hate to see the “A” in LSU A&M going by the wayside, but seems that’s what’s happening. All the horse pastures at the vet science farm are gone and the dairy too. End of an era.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 4:13 am to jimbeam
That's the year I left
edit: were you working for the service unit?
edit: were you working for the service unit?
This post was edited on 9/12/18 at 5:47 am
Posted on 9/12/18 at 6:12 am to cgrand
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shot the shite out of the doves around there back in the 80s
i SLAUGHTERED the wood ducks in a little slough. Hundreds of them would land every evening. Easy limit. Wouldn't do it often so they kept coming back.
Posted on 9/12/18 at 8:17 am to tigerinthebueche
They moved all Dairy research to the southeast research station and kept just a few head for some classes. The only research farms available for students now are on Ben Hur. It really is a shame to see the dismantling of the agricultural programs at LSU.
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