American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s announcement to provide grant funding to expand meat and poultry processing facilities.
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Young farmers from throughout the state will travel to the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena with hopes of having their prize winning animals named champion during the Southern University Ag Center’s 79th Annual State Livestock & Poultry Show February 24-26, 2022.
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Click below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
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The January 2022 Price & Production Summary gives prices for cattle, poultry, hogs and dairy.
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USDA has extended the deadline to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage (SDMC) for program year 2022. The deadline to apply for 2022 coverage is now March 25, 2022.
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Friday, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Agriculture (USDA) launched farmerfairness.gov, a new online tool that allows farmers and ranchers to anonymously report potentially unfair and anticompetitive practices in the livestock and poultry sectors.
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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.
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We 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.
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Students in the Swine Production course with Devin Gandy, Instructor of Agricultural Sciences, recently received hands-on training to weigh and classify species of hogs.
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Click below for the latest market report from the Dominique’s Livestock Auctions held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
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Tax 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.
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Click below for the latest Market Report from the Kinder Livestock Auction held January 31, 2022.
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After a national search, LSU AgCenter extension agent Ashley Edwards has been chosen to be the Louisiana state livestock beef specialist.
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USDA-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.
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“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.
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