The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) seeks fruit, vegetable, herb, and honey producers to become certified vendors for Louisiana’s Senior and WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP).
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission is reimplementing the saddle identification program.
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This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.
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Inflation is still a headache for many people across the country, including right here in Louisiana. State officials are trying to figure out solutions on the best way to help people in Louisiana.
“Forestry, agriculture, oil, gas, minerals, and mining — that is the foundation of the economy, and now more than ever we understand why we need that,” said Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain.
Strain says the war in Ukraine will continue to impact prices on goods and all things Louisiana agriculture.
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Crop production could suffer if rising global temperatures are not addressed sooner rather than later, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain said Monday.
“Climate change is real,” Strain told the Press Club of Baton Rouge. “We’ve benefited in the last 100 years by slightly increasing the temperature, (leading to) increased production. But now we’re on the other side where the increases in temperature will decrease production in plants and in animals. So we must be cognizant of that.”
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Agents with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Office of Forestry report that one arrest has been made in an arson investigation into a wildfire on Bryce Hyde Road in Roseland, LA.
In February, firefighters responded to the area in reference to a large grass fire. Upon further investigation, it was determined the fire was started on the property without the landowner’s consent. The fire spread over several acres and burned over 600 feet of a wooded fence near the roadway.
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A Mississippi man was arrested on April 14 by agents with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture in Copiah County, Mississippi. The arrest resulted from a warrant issued by West Carroll Parish regarding an investigation conducted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission (LBC).
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) fire crews responded to a wildfire on Gitty Up Lane in Leblanc on March 11. The investigation revealed that the fire was an act of arson, and it was set close to where someone had been cutting down hardwood trees for firewood.
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The woods fire that threatened homes near Bud Bennett Thursday remains contained, Ward 6 Fire Chief Todd Parker said.
The Louisiana Department of Forestry and Agriculture released photos as District 4 fire crews worked on containment near Bud Bennett Road and Persimmon Gully.
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Governor John Bel Edwards took part in a signing ceremony Wednesday for a Shared Stewardship Agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state.
The agreement establishes a framework for federal and state agencies to collaborate more, focus on mutual goals, further common interests and effectively respond to increasing ecological challenges and natural resource concerns, according to the governor’s office.
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A Texas man was arrested on Monday, March 28, by the Livestock Brand Commission Inspectors regarding an investigation involving theft of livestock in Allen Parish.
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A Shreveport woman was arrested on March 23 by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission Inspectors regarding an investigation involving livestock theft in Red River Parish.
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) and the Allen Parish District Attorney’s Office announced the conviction of Ricky Thompson, age 72, of Pitkin. Thompson pled no contest to one count of theft over $25,000.
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Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain’s office oversees the Horticulture Commission, which licenses florists. He says the goal of licensing such jobs is to make sure consumers get a good product, and to eliminate the spread of plant pests.
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Three icons of Louisiana agriculture will be inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 24.
The new inductees are former director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and current chancellor of LSU Alexandria Paul Coreil, of Alexandria; long time Louisiana Radio Network farm broadcaster Don Molino, of Baton Rouge; and Jim Monroe, of Pineville, the former assistant to the president at Louisiana Farm Bureau, where Monroe worked for 47 years.
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