Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LA

AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND SEED COMMISSION MEETING NOTICE The next meeting of the Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission has been Scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2026 @ 9:30 am To be held in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium located on the first floor of the LDAF Building at 5825 FLORIDA BLVD BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70806 Agenda to TBD For additional information contact: Dr. Ansel Rankins Assistant Commissioner Office of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences (225) 925-4733 [email protected] Angelle Pearson Director of Fertilizer Program (225) 342-1382 [email protected] Craig Waguespack Director of Feed and Veterinarian Programs (225) 935-2181 [email protected]

AGENDA LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND SEED COMMISSION IN-PERSON PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON RULE CHANGES Friday, May 15, 2026 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY VETERANS’ MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM 5825 FLORIDA BOULEV ARD, FIRST FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LA 70806 I. CALL TO ORDER II. INTRODUCTION a. LAC 7:XIII.763 Sugarcane (Tissue Culture) Certification Standards III. PUBLIC COMMENTS IV . ADJOURNMENT THIS NOTICE CONTAINS A TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS. THIS AGENDA IS TENTATIVE UNTIL 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING, AT WHICH TIME THE MOST RECENT REVISION OF THIS AGENDA BECOMES OFFICIAL. NOTICES CAN BE REVIEWED ON THE BOARD OUTSIDE THE VETERANS’ MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN WHICH THE MEETING IS TO BE HELD. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PLEASE CONTACT TINA FICKLIN AT 225-925-4733 OR TFICKLIN@LDAF .STATE.LA.US TO ADVISE IF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION NECESSARY. ____________________________________ Tina Peltier, Director

DAF! LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY MIKE STRAIN, DVM Commissioner AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND SEED COMMISSION WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026, 9:30 A.M. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM 5825 FLORIDA BLVD., FIRST FLOOR BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70806 AGENDA I. CALLTO ORDER II. ROLL CALLAND DECLARATION OF QUORUM II. PUBLIC COMMENTS IV. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 22, 2025 MEETING MINUTES Vv. FUTURE MEETING DATES a. October 21, 2026 VI. NEW BUSINESS a. Program Updates 1. Seed and Industrial Hemp Programs 2. Agricultural Chemistry Programs 3. Feed Programs b. Certified to Certified request for rice varieties 1. Fitzgerald 2. Mermentau c. Proposed Rule change to LAC 7:XIII.763.C Field Inspections and Sampling (request to remove sampling for yellow leaf virus in the field) 5825 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 | Telephone: (225) 922-1234 Fax: (225) 922-1253 LDAF.LA.GOV Agricultural & Agro-Consumer Anima! Health Forestry Management Soil & Water Environmental Services & Food Safety Suite 6000 & Finance Conservation Sciences Suite S000 Suite 4000 (225) 925-4500 Suite 1000 Suite 7000 Suite 3000 (225) 925-3780 (225) 925-3962 Fax: 922-1356 (225) 952-8143 (225) 922-1269 (225) 925-3770 Fax: 923-4877 Fax: 923-4900 Fax: 925-3760 d. Discussion: Request to add Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) & Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) to the Louisiana Noxious Weed list e. Petition for Amendment of Rule — LAC 7:XVII.101 (request to …