This nest of webworms is one of several in an Avoyelles Parish pecan tree. The webworm is not a threat to trees, but the nests are an unsightly blemish on the household horticulture. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Those balls of webs at the end of your pecan tree branches look more dangerous than they are, the “bug scientists” say.
After about a decade of hoping that some company would breathe new life into the old cannery in Belledeau, it appears that door is permanently closed.
Arielle Pierce
New Avoyelles Parish 4-H agent
When Arielle Pierce was just a girl in her school’s 4-H Club in Collier County, Fla., she never dreamed she would one day be employed in a position to help other young girls and boys experience t
Crates of Avoyelles yams sit waiting to be distilled into vodka at the NOLA Distilling Co. in New Orleans.
Kirk Coco, CEO of NOLA Distilling, uses only Avoyelles Parish-grown sweet potatoes from Deshotel Farms to make his line of vodka. Coco’s parents are originally from Moreauville.
Sweet potatoes have been a part of Avoyelles Parish for generations.
Agriculture is still the heart of the Avoyelles Parish economy, and it maintained a steady beat in 2017, County Agent Justin Dufour said.
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