This month’s 2022/23 U.S. corn outlook is for reduced supplies, greater feed and residual use, lower exports and corn used for ethanol, and smaller ending stocks. Corn production is forecast at 13.895 billion bushels, down 49 million on a reduction in yield to 171.9 bushels per acre. Corn supplies are forecast at 15.322 billion bushels, a decline of 172 million bushels from last month, as lower production and beginning stocks are partially offset by higher imports.
Read MoreThe September 2022 Price & Production Summary gives prices for cattle, poultry, hogs and dairy.
Read MoreDairy producers can now enroll for 2023 coverage through the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Program, an important safety net program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that helps producers manage changes in milk and feed prices.
Read MoreFarmland that now nurtures familiar St. Landry Parish agricultural crops like soybeans and sweet potatoes is scheduled to soon become silent sanctuaries for solar panels angled toward the sun.
Read MoreThe 85th International Rice Festival that takes place in Crowley will begin Oct. 20.
The festival will feature many musical talents and other events. All events will take place at 303 North Parkerson Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526.
Read MoreRural communities face a unique set of hurdles when it comes to making infrastructure improvements to benefit the health and wellbeing of residents. To help address some of these challenges, the LSU AgCenter Healthy Communities program hosted the first Louisiana Rural Complete Streets Summit Oct. 6.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation today released its priorities for what may be the most consequential legislation for agriculture in 2023 – renewal of the farm bill. The priorities were identified by a working group of Farm Bureau members and staff from across the country.
Read MoreOn October 11, agents with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Office of Forestry arrested 39-year-old Tabitha Verdine for setting several fires on Jim Drake Rd. in Starks, La.
LDAF Forestry Enforcement Investigators found that Verdine set fire to the roadside, which spread into the woods and resulted in a seven-acre wildfire causing damages to private property. It was eventually contained by the LDAF Fire Eradication Units and the Ward 5 Starks Fire Department.
Read MoreBefore the rain hit parts of the ArkLaTex early Thursday, there hadn't been rainfall since Sept. 10. This has taken a serious toll on farmers and livestock producers. The record setting hot temperatures this summer did not help production either.
Read MoreWith harvest well under way across the country, one method of transportation that has been largely spared from recent supply chain snarls has run aground, literally. Limited rains across the Midwest and South have dropped the water level on the Mississippi River, a major thoroughfare for moving grain, to levels too shallow for many barges to effectively navigate.
Read MoreOn October 13, a Concordia Parish man was arrested by Brand Inspectors with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Brand Commission. The arrest resulted from an arrest warrant from Tensas Parish regarding an investigation conducted by the Livestock Brand Commission.
Read MoreFifty years ago, Jim Simpson founded Simpson Sod Company. Jim, who’d grown up on a farm in Mississippi carried his love for agriculture and farming throughout his life.
So, in 1972, Jim bought 100 acres of farmland in Covington, Louisiana and founded Simpson Sod Company.
Read MoreThe Mississippi River is experiencing a severe drought and is fast approaching its lowest water levels in 10 years. These conditions are wreaking havoc on the agricultural industry, river transportation and the communities that depend on the water.
Read MoreUSDA is seeking public comment on how it should implement the $2.2 billion allocated under Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act, a provision that aims to provide assistance to the nation’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA’s farm lending programs. The 30-day comment period opened Oct. 14.
Read MoreFarmers are optimistic this year, saying it could be another record-breaking year for the state’s sugar cane industry.
“Weather has been good so far although planning was so wet. We recovered from that and looking forward to a long harvest,” said Catherine Floyd.
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