On Sat. Feb. 5, the 2022 4-H District Livestock Show and Sale of Champions was held at Louisiana State University of Alexandria’s Dewitt Livestock Facility LSU AgCenter.
Read MoreWe in the beef cattle business are off to a “running start”. The calf market opened higher in January, and the slaughter cow market had a very good demand with sharply higher prices compared to the same time in 2021.
Read MoreStudents in the Swine Production course with Devin Gandy, Instructor of Agricultural Sciences, recently received hands-on training to weigh and classify species of hogs.
Read MoreClick below for the latest market report from the Dominique’s Livestock Auctions held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
Read MoreTax season is just around the corner and there are a variety of important considerations for farmers and livestock producers. USDA has partnered with agriculture tax experts around the country to connect producers to important tax information related to their operations.
Read MoreClick below for the latest Market Report from the Kinder Livestock Auction held January 31, 2022.
Read MoreAfter a national search, LSU AgCenter extension agent Ashley Edwards has been chosen to be the Louisiana state livestock beef specialist.
Read MoreUSDA-NASS published their 2021 Crop Production Summary. The report includes information about U.S. hay production and Dec. 1 hay stocks. USDA splits hay data into two categories: alfalfa and all other hay. All other hay is the relevant category for the Southeast.
Read More“Pre-COVID, we had a just-in-time meat supply chain,” according to Scott Bennett, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Packing plants chugged at full capacity, harvest animals left for slaughter as quick as they were ready, and meat left the plants and entered the supply chain immediately.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock auction.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Red River Livestock auction.
Read MoreSeveral U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) national program deadlines are approaching.
Read MoreLouisiana milk production during the October - December 2021 quarter was 27.0 million pounds, down 13 percent from the same period in 2020 but up 8 percent from the July - September quarter.
Read MoreThe 48th Annual Vermilion Parish 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was a great success. It involved 139 young people who exhibited 272 head of livestock (beef, sheep, goats, dairy, swine) and 57 poultry entries.
Read MoreLocal kids are showing off their best work this weekend at the Calcasieu Parish Jr Livestock Show.
It’s a showdown of the best at Burton Coliseum as competitions kicked off on Thursday and will be wrapping up on Saturday.
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