Click below for the market report from the latest Red River Livestock auction.
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Click below for the market report from the latest Dominique’s Livestock Auctions.
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The Louisiana sugarcane belt has seen significant expansion during the past 10 years. Because of this growth, the LSU AgCenter has begun a research project aimed at developing varieties and answering questions growers have in the northern reaches of the cane-growing region. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report from central Louisiana.
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The Louisiana seafood industry is important to the state's economy, but it has faced difficult times because of rising inputs, storms and imports flooding the market. To help producers and processors, the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant have opened a seafood processing demonstration lab. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has this report from the Iberia Research Station.
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The Southern University Ag Center will host its 80th Annual Livestock & Poultry Show Clinic on November 19, 2022 at Muse 3 Farm from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Kristen Head’s love for animals is exceeded only by her drive to succeed. Now a second-year student in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, she saw an opportunity to reach her dreams one year early through the 3+1 program and took it.
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The inaugural meeting of the Louisiana Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Advisory Board was held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Baton Rouge office.
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In a letter sent Tuesday, Nov. 15, Governor John Bel Edwards requests a disaster declaration for the state’s agricultural losses this year.
The letter delivered to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack describes the hardships Louisiana farmers faced — drought conditions and excessive rainfall — which resulted in major economic losses.
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A long stretch of drought followed by excessive rains created millions of dollars in damage to Louisiana growers, and Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has requested a secretarial declaration of disaster from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsak.
With challenges already presented by historic input costs, Edwards said in a letter to Vilsack that Louisiana's agricultural producers were dependent on a successful year.
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Thanks to Buck Leonards and the staff at Louisiana Farm & Ranch for making the digital edition of the newspaper available here.
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A free “Your Farm and Your Taxes” workshop, is set for Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Parish Library to discuss how taxes apply to farming, current tax law and more.
This workshop will provide valuable information for beginning farmers, as well as lifelong farmers and ranchers. Special guest speaker for this workshop is Paul Spillers, an attorney with Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, LLC, in Monroe, specializing in estate planning and oil, gas, and mineral law.
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Click below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
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Small Business Saturday, November 26, is a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for our communities. That includes our local agricultural businesses! If you are the owner of a small ag business and are interested in having the Lousiana Farm Bureau Federation feature it on social media, please fill out the form.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young today announced an investment of $21.6 million in scientific research for small businesses to further develop transformative agricultural solutions.
The grants announced today are supporting businesses across the country, from Washington to New York. Examples of funded projects include Inventherm of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has asked the federal government to issue a disaster declaration for a number of parishes whose farmers were hit hard by extreme weather during the past growing season.
The request, which had been urged by U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, whose district includes many of the hard-hit parishes in the state's northeast, underscores a tumultuous year for the state's farmers.
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