With November coming to a close and the cooler winter months rolling in, it’s time to start planting.
Despite misconceptions, the prime time to plant fruits and vegetables is the late fall, not the spring.
“You want to get them out during this cold season,” said Denyse Cummins, an extension horticulturalist at the LSU AgCenter.
Read MoreFor so many farmers, the effort is about family.
That is truly the case when it comes to this year’s Rotary Club of Abbeville Farmer of the Year Award. On Nov. 19, the club presented the honor to Kelsi and Amanda Duhon.
“It is definitely an honor,” Amanda Duhon. “We were very shocked. We’re just so thankful to be a part of this community.”
Read MoreUSA Rice partnered with Louisiana State University (LSU) for the University’s Thankful Celebration, an on-campus food festival that brings together global food traditions, student creativity, and campus-wide community support. At this year’s event, USA Rice teamed up with LSU dining services to host an International Rice Dish Challenge and invited student teams to submit and develop rice-based recipes inspired by global cuisines.
Read MoreUSA Rice extends condolences to the family and friends of Ruth Kuntz Unkel who passed away peacefully on November 23, at the age of 92.
Born on January 21, 1933, Ruth lived a vibrant life filled with love, faith, and adventure.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) announces that it recently obtained a statewide depredation permit for black vultures from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and will begin administering it to protect livestock.
Read MoreHow would you like to look and feel your best, all while helping out your neighbors? That’s the premise behind the Lake Charles Farm to Table Market.
For many families like Catherine Ange’s in the Lake Area, this has become a weekly tradition, "I love eating fresh. I love eating from places that I know are taking care of their animals. I know the nutritional value is better than what we can get at the grocery store, and it gets my kids to come out and have a whole new experience.”
Read MoreYear-over-year, Susan Olson says there are few interesting updates comparing how the Mississippi River is being used for grain transport.
Most surprising to her is according to USDA data there was a 3.4 million metric ton increase in grain exports from NOLA in mid-year 2025, however from her firm’s proprietary data, barge movements decreased. This could mean a shift toward rail being used to bring grain to the port for export.
Read MoreCotton continues to get hammered. Or call it by any name you wish. The impact of the government shutdown continues, as now in the third week of November, USDA finally released its export report for mid-October. They will catch up, but very slowly.
Read MoreLots of people are interested in attracting wildlife to their landscapes. Whether you are an avid bird watcher or simply delight in seeing squirrels frolic in the trees, there are things you can do to make an area more enticing to all sorts of animals.
Food, shelter and water are the bare necessities for any life — and to draw in wildlife visitors, you need to provide all three of these elements.
Read MoreEvery year, parties and get-togethers for the holidays are an important tradition that brings abundant joy — and serious anxiety — into people's lives.
One of these stressors is always on the wallet, but Sandra May, LSU AgCenter curriculum coordinator for nutrition and community health programs, said there are easy ways to alleviate some of these issues.
Read MoreTo stabilize prices and move excess rice stocks, Brazil’ s Ministry of Agriculture has announced a plan to restore its Premium for Product Flow (PEP) and Equalizer Premium Paid to the Producer (PEPRO) programs.
The National Supply Company (CONAB), a public company under the Ministry of Agriculture, announced the allocation of nearly $57 million USD to support prices and the flow of production, of which nearly $20 million will go directly to administering PEP and PEPRO with the remaining going towards government acquisitions of approximately 600 thousand metric tons of rice.
Read MoreNovember is a season of gratitude, a time when most farmers across the country have wrapped up their harvests and turned their attention to winter and next year’s plans. It is very different in the cane belt. For Louisiana’s sugarcane producers, November means one thing, the hardest push of the year.
Read MoreA storm system currently centered in the Southern Plains will send a strong cold front through Louisiana on Tuesday. The SPC has posted a "Slight Risk" (2-out-of-5 on the threat scale) for severe storms in advance of the cold front for northern Louisiana. The primary threat window is from Monday afternoon into Monday night, ending early Tuesday morning.
Read MoreFor the 5th consecutive month, statewide-averaged rainfall was below the norm. While numerous northeast and southeast sites reported monthly totals of 4.00” to 6.00” or more, October’s statewide average was a modest 3.68”.
Read MoreIn a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries.
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