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.
Read MoreLouisiana’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.
Read MoreThe National Hurricane Center has highlighted an area of potential tropical development near the northern Gulf Coast. I don’t think it will develop, but I do expect elevated rain chances from Thursday through Saturday across Louisiana. The highest rain chances and amounts will be in the southern half of the state, but I think everyone will see at least some rain by the time the weekend is over.
Read MoreIt is roughly 500 miles from the farm fields of north Louisiana to Nashville, Tennessee.
Country star Lainey Wilson has made the trek not only as a fan, but as an artist with her own exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Read MoreCongressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Information Act.This bill directs the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) to include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on its weekly and monthly reports, consistent with other fuel types that the agency regularly tracks.
Read MoreMore than 1,500 attendees gathered in New Orleans in late June for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation’s 103rd annual convention, making it one of the best-attended sessions in the organization’s history. The event attracted a diverse crowd of farmers, ranchers, educators, policymakers and advocates from across the state, all united by a shared commitment to ensuring Louisiana agriculture has a viable future.
Read MoreThe tropical disturbance near the northern Gulf Coast continues to churn toward the west. The oddity of this system is that most of the heavy rain is confined to the west side due to its weak organization, and easterly wind shear. This disturbance should move inland over southeast Louisiana on Thursday and spread scattered heavy rain across parts of the state from Thursday through Saturday.
Read MoreThe National Hurricane Center has added an area of tropical concern for the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida. Models sniffed this potential out a week or so ago, and while I think we have a good idea on the general idea of what will happen, the details remain elusive since we are still several days away from the moisture increasing across Louisiana.
Read MoreThe Franklin Sun was named Louisiana Farm Bureau Newspaper Of The Year on June 26.
Joe Curtis, The Sun editor, accepted the award on behalf of the staff at the 103rd annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention held at the New Orleans Marriott.
Read MoreLouisiana Farm Bureau President Richard Fontenot issued the following statement to members of the U.S. House of Representatives:
“Food, shelter, clothing, and fuel give every American the luxury to chase their dreams, rather than chase their necessities. These securities are provided by American farmers and ranchers across this country.”
Read MoreFederal food policy changes and a homegrown farming innovation that’s improving water quality in Acadiana highlighted this week’s Sugar Conference at the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation’s 103rd Annual Convention.
The two-hour session drew growers, processors, and policymakers from across the state to hear updates on issues shaping the future of Louisiana’s $4 billion sugarcane industry. While several speakers focused on farm policy and economic conditions, two key topics stood out.
Read MoreA third generation cattle farmer from Lacassine took home the top prize at the Louisiana Farm Bureau Talk Meet Contest in New Orleans.
Last year Camille Sonnier, 18, was in second place in the competition but this time around she won the whole competition, beating out 15 other contestants.
Read MoreCourtney Gerace nurtures land, cattle and five children in Melville, a lifestyle she never knew she wanted until marrying her husband, Nicholas.
But now Gerace, who was named Louisiana's top young woman farmer during the annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans, can't image doing anything else.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation (LFBF) hosted its 103rd Annual Convention here this weekend with record breaking participation and key discussions around critical challenges and opportunities for Louisiana agriculture. A longtime rice farmer and agricultural leader from Evangeline Parish, Richard Fontenot, was re-elected as the LFBF president for 2025 and presided over the convention.
Read MoreIt’s Convention week! You know what that means. It’s going to be hot and humid with a chance of storms each day. I think I could recycle that sentence and use it for the next few months. The good news is, I don’t see a chance for tropical development in the next 10 days. In fact, The Climate Prediction Center shows below normal precipitation across the Caribbean over the first half of July. That’s one of the areas we look at for development, and I think we are all just fine with it looking quiet over the next few weeks.
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