Louisiana Tech Supervisor of Farm Operations and Instructor Waggoner Russell, who’s made a positive difference for students on South Campus for 32 years, was recently awarded the 2021 Distinguished Service to North Louisiana Agriculture Award.
Read MoreThe Delhi Livestock Auction was first established in 1973, by Roger Deshaun then in 1979 the Shelton family bought the business from Deshaun and have been owners ever since.
Read MoreSecretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making available up to $215 million in grants and other support to expand meat and poultry processing options, strengthen the food supply chain, and create jobs and economic opportunities in rural areas.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s announcement to provide grant funding to expand meat and poultry processing facilities.
Read MoreYoung 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.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
Read MoreThe January 2022 Price & Production Summary gives prices for cattle, poultry, hogs and dairy.
Read MoreUSDA 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.
Read MoreFriday, 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
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