Louisiana strawberry farmers regularly contend with a multitude of challenges, including labor costs, unfavorable weather conditions, insect and mite pests, and plant diseases.
Coca-Cola's decision to launch a new Coke product this fall made with U.S.-grown cane sugar is already sweetening the stakes for Louisiana.
PETA is suing a popular festival for “steaming lobsters alive.”
PETA is suing the Maine Lobster Festival, saying that by steaming live lobsters, the festival is violating Maine’s law prohibiting the torture and torment of animals.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and his staff visited rice country this week to spend time with members of Louisiana's agriculture industry, including several rice growers and rice industry representatives, and the Speaker’s staff was fortunate to catch rice harvest in action.
From June 23 to June 26, Southern University hosted the Creating Healthy Enjoyable Foods, or CHEF Camp, for Baton Rouge-area students. The camp taught participants how to find, prepare and cook healthy foods along with important safety and cooking tips in the kitchen.
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to President Trump today urging increased tariffs on rice imports from Thailand, which are eroding markets for Louisiana farmers.
Louisiana’s sugarcane growers made their mark in more ways than one at this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Convention in New Orleans. From important conversations on federal food policy to field-level conservation breakthroughs and a strong showing at the annual awards banquet, it was a week that reminded everyone just how vital sugarcane is to the state’s agricultural community.
With combines parked and harvest briefly on hold, Louisiana farmers made their way from across the state to Lincoln Hall in Ruston to celebrate one of the most significant agricultural wins in recent memory—the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a sweeping budget and policy package championed by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made several stops in north Louisiana Wednesday (July 30) including a townhall meeting with Louisiana Farm Bureau.
House Speaker Mike Johnson spent Wednesday touring Northeast Louisiana, promoting the newly passed federal budget bill and addressing key issues from agriculture to education.
Two Louisiana congressmen from opposite sides of the aisle are coming together to try to help the state’s crawfishermen.
Friday, July 18th, Louisiana GLCI held a baleage workshop, hosted by Delta Dairy in Baskin, LA, where 20 attendees learned all about the hows and whys of making baleage, including a feature of all the equipment Ted Miller and his family use to get the job done. Delta Dairy's nutritionist, Matt Jewart with Innovative Dairy Nutrition, alongside Ted, laid out the reasons why baleage is a good fit for the operation. PTI Equipment brought a hay cutter and McHale baler, to showcase the features of each. Hustler unroller rep Jared Miller, demonstrated how the dairy unrolls the baleage into rows for the cattle to eat.
Bright and early, farmers from across Acadiana convened for the annual Sugarcane Field Day, hosted by the LSU AgCenter. They focused on innovative farming practices aimed at environmental sustainability.
In a newly released video, the Grow Louisiana Coalition (GLAC) highlights how Chevron’s longstanding partnership with Ducks Unlimited through the Rice Stewardship Program (RSP) is helping keep Louisiana rice farmers and a way of life thriving.
The 5th Ward Recreational Camp in St. Helena Parish transformed into a launchpad for future aviators and drone technicians on July 15, 2025. Twenty-eight students participated in a high-flying Drone Demo Daze and Drone Building Workshop hosted by the SU Ag Center’s ‘Precision Agcademy’ Youth Development Program. The event offered an exciting hands-on introduction to drone technology, highlighting both career pathways and practical skills.
This past week gave new meaning to the phrase “stuck in the mud.” The market recorded its daily low trading volume for the year at midweek and has now suffered through ten consecutive days of 68-cent area settlements — all within little more than a 150-point trading range.
LSU AgCenter Corn Specialist Dr. Shelly Kerns says she has gotten a lot of questions lately about using sodium chlorate as a means of drying down corn plants faster. She emphasizes that is not a common practice. “Historically, the use of sodium chlorate in other crops is only as a desiccant to dry down weeds ahead of harvest,” says Kerns.
Louisiana’s statewide white shrimp season has been delayed until August 11, according to St. Bernard Parish Councilmember-at-Large Fred Everhardt Jr. and Councilmember Amanda Mones.
Agricultural trade plays a vital role in the American economy. It supports U.S. farmers while driving economic growth and job creation across the country. With more than 20% of U.S. agricultural production sold abroad, exports are a key part of this picture. On average, every dollar of agricultural exports generates $2.06 in additional economic activity within the United States.
The LSU AgCenter and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service are hosting two field days focusing on pasture monitoring and management.
The first field day will be held Aug. 14 in St. Francisville. The second will be held Aug. 19 in Iowa.
With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ranchers and veterinarians in Mexico hundreds of miles from the border are fighting what has U.S. agricultural authorities so on edge.
Luke Skywalker took on bad hombres in the legendary Star Wars movies. Yet perhaps none were worse villains than western corn earworm, corn rootworm and soybean aphids — at least not in the crop world. Researchers aren’t calling in legendary Star Wars character, but they are exploring how to use artificial intelligence to automate pest control.
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