Applications are now open for the American Farm Bureau Social Media Ambassador Program at the 2025 FUSION Conference to be held March 7-10, 2025, in Denver, Colorado! If you are seeking an opportunity to apply what you are learning through your coursework, get creative with social media and/or engage the public in a conference experience, apply today.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter continues to be a leading resource in crawfish data. Many of you know, LSU and their data sources have been key in all funding opportunities and communications with USDA on any assistance programs we have been able to secure over the past few years. As recently as the ELAP excessive heat calculations of 2023, LSU AgCenter agents and faculty were the leading resource for information on our niche “farm raised fish.” In an effort to continually improve those figures, we are supporting their effort to update key information that is a general resource for the industry and allows their scientists and economists to provide quality anonymous information back to the industry when needed.
Read MoreRegardless of whether or not you’ve ever set foot on a farm, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act would impact you.
The Farm, Food and National Security Act is the U.S. House of Representatives’ version of the Farm Bill. It is a key piece of legislation that has the potential to affect an array of agricultural and food policies.
Read MoreIn this episode of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Podcast, Karl Wiggers sits down with Richard Fontenot, the newly elected Louisiana Farm Bureau President and they discuss his busy first month in the new role.
Read MoreCongress hasn’t passed a new farm bill since 2018, and the ag community shouldn’t expect a new one any time soon.
“We need a farm bill, (and) we needed it done yesterday,” Andy Brown, Louisiana Farm Bureau’s commodity and public policy director, said in a recent interview.
Read MoreThe return to school for Fall 2024 marks the official implementation of action plans developed by four Louisiana school districts as part of the first cohort of the Louisiana Farm to School (F2S) Institute sponsored by Seeds to Success: The Louisiana Farm to School Program and the LSU AgCenter.
The Louisiana Farm to School Institute is a unique, year-long professional development program designed to support selected schools that are expanding and implementing effective farm to school (F2S) programs throughout their districts.
Read MoreCongressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the bipartisan Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information Act. This bill directs the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) to include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on their weekly and monthly reports, consistent with other fuel types that the agency regularly tracks.
Read MoreA bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing a bill that would require the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to provide more weekly and monthly reports on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production.
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., and Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., introduced the bill Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information Act with four other co-sponsors. The bill would require the more SAF weekly and monthly reports consistent with other reports published by the EIA.
Read MoreThe schedule shows Congress will be in town for 13 days between now and the week after the Nov. 5 congressional and presidential elections.
Judging from the amount of work left, such as passing an annual federal government budget, most remaining legislation will be shunted aside, including the $1.25 trillion Farm Bill, the shorthand for H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024.
Read MoreA lot has changed in agriculture since Richard Fontenot began farming with his grandfather and father in Evangeline Parish. New technology like drones and data collection systems give farmers more details than ever about field performance. Recent weather extremes ranging from droughts to floods have prompted farmers to adapt accordingly. And, challenges like finding enough labor and overall rising costs mean that farmers must be creative and flexible as they work to produce the crops that feed families across the country.
Read MoreDonald Louis Zaunbrecher passed away peacefully on July 26, 2024 at 81 years old.
Born the youngest of 10 children to Joseph and Annie Dischler Zaunbrecher on September 7, 1942, he spent his childhood in Mowata with his family.
A farmer is who he was.
There is currently an interesting contrast between the "union busting" efforts in conservative Republican states and the anti-labor movement in America. While many conservative states have been working to dismantle union-related processes through legislation and the courts, the recent speech by Sean O'Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at the Republican National Convention has created a dichotomy between these states and the national trend.
Read MoreLate last week, a group of Louisiana’s agricultural leaders sat down for a genuine conversation about the current state of agriculture in Louisiana and across the country with U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, at the Louisiana Farm Bureau (LFBF) office in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy spent this past Friday afternoon traversing the rich soil of Liuzza Produce Farm in Independence, hearing concerns from owner Joey Liuzza whose family has owned the business for several generations.
Cassidy, along with Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, a fellow Republican, spent much of the day visiting with farmers and state agricultural leaders, being provided a firsthand account of the challenges farmers are facing in a changing landscape.
Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of grass-fed cattle, but what about donut-fed cattle?
Louisiana Farm Bureau 2024 Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman of the Year Amanda Duhon is making sure everyone in her family, including her cattle, enjoy a sweet treat through the help of donuts.
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