BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU AgCenter has named Heather Kirk-Ballard as state consumer horticulturist. She started this position in February.
Besides doing a heavy amount of extension work with the general public, she is also on the faculty of School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences and performs research in the school.
Kirk-Ballard comes to the AgCenter with solid work experience and a thorough horticulture research background.
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