LSU AgCenter beef cattle extension programs given national recognition for reproduction workshops

  • Ashley Edwards, center, with the award, posing alongside Niki Ellis, the executive director of the Kentucky Pork Production Board, left, and Linda McLanahan, who served as chair for the Search for Excellence Committee for NACAA, right. Photo provided by Ashley Edwards
    Ashley Edwards, center, with the award, posing alongside Niki Ellis, the executive director of the Kentucky Pork Production Board, left, and Linda McLanahan, who served as chair for the Search for Excellence Committee for NACAA, right. Photo provided by Ashley Edwards

    On July 1, the National Association County Agricultural Agents presented LSU AgCenter extension specialist Ashley Edwards the award for Excellence in Livestock Production in 2025. Edwards received the award on behalf of a team of AgCenter beef cattle agents after a selection process that looked at extension agents from around the country.

    The team won the award for its work teaching producers about…