The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for November 2022, which are effective Nov. 1, 2022. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
Read MoreThe 26th Annual National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, the Southern Soybean & Corn Conference, the Delta States Irrigation Conference and the Southern Precision Ag Conference are headed to Baton Rouge, LA. The conferences are sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and US Rice Producers Association.
Read MoreLouisiana-based JT Meleck Distillers has launched the ‘first’ commercially available American whiskey to be made 100% from rice.
Read MoreThe Port of New Orleans says major progress is being made on the planned $1.5 billion container facility that will be built in St. Bernard Parish, and on Thursday (Oct. 27) it released updated designs based upon input gathered from the community.
Read MoreThis past weekend, avid birders and ornithologists from across the country and across “the pond” descended on southwest Louisiana for the 14th Annual Yellow Rails and Rice Festival. Participants from 29 states and the United Kingdom took to the rice fields near here for the chance to catch a glimpse of the elusive Yellow Rail.
Read MoreA federal laboratory has confirmed the presence of a bird flu strain in Louisiana.
The H5N1 virus was found in a blue-winged teal killed by a hunter in southwestern Louisiana, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Monday.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center (SU Ag Center), in partnership with the Capital Region Planning Commission, the University of Louisiana Lafayette’s Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center, the Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, and the Louisiana Board of Regents, will host a regional meeting series to allow stakeholders an opportunity to provide feedback on the development of Louisiana’s Statewide Digital Equity Plan.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center will host its Fall Garden Workshop on November 22nd at the M. A. Edmond Livestock Arena’s Multipurpose Building, 14600 Scenic Hwy., in Baton Rouge from 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The free workshop themed " Ag Practices to Homestead Farming" will provide backyard gardeners, teachers, community garden coordinators and anyone interested in gardening with information and hands-on demonstrations on how to prepare your garden for the Fall season.
Read MoreThe 2022 LSU AgCenter soybean core block data is now available online. The data from previous years is also available at the LSU AgCenter. The soybean core block consists of three groups of soybean maturities (MG 3, 4, and 5).
Read MoreRestricted barge traffic on the Mississippi River is having an impact on the soybean and corn markets, although it’s more of an issue for soybeans.
“One of the big things hitting the news is that the Mississippi River, in particular the lower Mississippi River, is now very dry, water levels are very low, and barge traffic is restricted,” said Frayne Olson, grain marketing economist at North Dakota State University.
Read MoreThis Halloween, Americans are estimated to spend a record $3 billion on Halloween candy for a second year in a row.
Despite the inflationary rise of candy prices, the sugar in it still only accounts for a couple cents per treat.
Read MoreOver the past several months there has been little to no rain in Southwest Louisiana making it the 46th driest year on record, and according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, putting us in a moderate to severe drought.
It’s these dry conditions that are forcing some farmers to get creative.
Read MoreU.S. Congressman Garret Graves is asking the Biden Administration to prioritize the U.S. sugarcane farmers over foreign sugar supplies. Graves’ ask to rely on American sugarcane farms comes as the Biden Administration is being pushed to increase imports of foreign sugar.
Read MoreLouisiana State Treasurer John Schroder made a stop in Central Louisiana on Thursday, Oct. 27, to promote the Louisiana Loggers Relief Grant Program.
Read MoreLouisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) following reports that the federal government will purchase up to $25 million in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic wild-caught shrimp.
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