BATON ROUGE - Southern University's AgCenter is working to build a grape growing industry in Louisiana, starting with a test vineyard on campus.The AgCenter launched the vineyard six years ago to study which grape varieties can handle Louisiana's heat and humidity. Researchers are now in their production year, with more fruit coming in than ever before.The vineyard holds 18 hybrid varieties and 34 muscadines. The hybrids are a mix of French and …
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