Spring is in high gear with local farmers busy putting in their crops. Here, farmer Craig Puckett and County Agent Hubert Wilkerson are in the middle of planting a soybean test plot.

The Area Cookery Contest was held April 16, 2008 at the LA Technical College in Shreveport. Participants from Natchitoches Parish won nine awards.

Registration deadline for 4-H Camp is April 25, 2008... space is limited! More info inside.

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Natchitoches Parish 4-H’ers attended Challenge Camp on February 21-23, 2008 in Bunkie, LA at the Louisiana Youth Educational Center.

Youth from Natchitoches Parish were among more than 75 4-H club members and volunteers participated in the annual 4-H Food & Fitness Camp held Feb. 23-24 at Camp Grant Walker.

Eleven people from Northwest Louisiana were inducted into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame here on March 7 including two inductees from Natchitoches Parish, Rick Hargis and Idell Snowden.

The Natchitoches Parish Master Gardeners will host their second annual Spring Garden Symposium at the Natchitoches Events Center on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

The 2008 Natchitoches Parish Ag Day was held on February 16, 2008 at the Natchitoches Events Center.