Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA’s new data modernization plan is designed to provide farmers with better and more useful information.
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The Secretary of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for three Louisiana Parishes as well as several contiguous parishes due to flooding “associated with Tropical Storm Arthur that occurred from June 17, 2026, and continuing.”
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Louisiana State Director Troy Romero joined Delhi Hospital today to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new hospital in Delhi, made possible with $79.1 million in USDA funding. This major investment will replace the community’s existing outdated and undersized facility and expand access to essential health care services for residents throughout Richland Parish and neighboring rural regions.
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Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Ranchers First Initiative, a sweeping package of actions to continue rebuilding the Great American Beef Herd and put America’s ranchers back at the center of our nation’s food supply. Building on USDA’s October 2025 Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry, the Trump Administration is delivering again.
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USDA’s new payment limitation rule gives eligible LLCs and S corporations access to multiple program payment limits beginning with the 2026 program year, reducing a longstanding disadvantage compared with general partnerships and joint ventures.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2026, which runs from Oct. 1, 2026, to Sept. 30, 2027.
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August is National Water Quality Month, celebrating one of earth’s most vital resources: clean water. Across America, farmers and ranchers are working with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to protect the water that connects our country’s farms, families, and communities.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) announced a $2 million project to support the development of cost-effective tools that help tree nut handlers control pests and maintain product quality while crops are in storage after harvest.
Funded under the Assisting Specialty Crop Exports (ASCE) Initiative, this opportunity is part of a broader ASCE suite of investments for specialty crop producers, which include fruits, vegetables, pulses, potatoes and tree nuts.
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USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Director Dr. Jaye Hamby has announced that Dr. Paul Coreil, retired chancellor for the Louisiana State University of Alexandria, will deliver the 2026 Seaman Knapp Memorial Lecture Sunday, Nov. 15 at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) annual meeting in San Antonio, TX.
The lecture is one of three rotating lectures presented by NIFA and APLU that honor three historic Land-grant University figures: William Henry Hatch, Seaman A. Knapp and Justin Smith Morrill.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline for farmers to apply for Stages 1 and 2 of the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) to Sept. 30, 2026. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is providing greater flexibility for farmers who experienced quality losses on eligible crops.
Now, when applying for this key program, farmers who experienced quality-related discounts can use verifiable and reliable documentation to show quality losses due to natural disasters occurring 2023 and 2024.
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Released August 17, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Cattle producers know everything there is to know about their cows: what they eat, where they lay, where the little white mark on their hip is and even who their grandmother was. But once an animal leaves the ranch and enters the beef supply chain, cattle producers are left in the dark.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Louisiana is hosting a State Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at the Louisiana State Office, Building B at 3727 Government Street in Alexandria, LA.
State Technical Committees serve in an advisory capacity to NRCS and other USDA agencies on the implementation of the natural resources conservation provisions of Farm Bill legislation.
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Farmland values remain at record highs even as growth slows. Average farm real estate values rose 3.4% to $4,500 per acre in 2026, marking a sixth consecutive annual increase and a nearly 44% gain since 2020.
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If you farm through an LLC or an S corporation, USDA just handed you a bigger payment limit and a September deadline to lock it in.
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