With the holiday season, Americans prepare for family dinners, gatherings and neighborhood potlucks. As they shop, they’ll fill their grocery carts with delicious and nutritious foods developed by animal and plant breeders at land-grant universities — many from across the southern United States.
Read MoreThe annual poinsettia sale has been rescheduled, but the beauty of the holidays will still be on full display Saturday, Dec. 3.
The date is the only change, as the time remains from 9 a.m. to noon at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden as this year’s poinsettia crop is presented.
Read MoreIn Louisiana and across America, consumers have been coping with rising grocery costs all year.
With Thanksgiving approaching, there’s finally good news for local shoppers preparing for a big holiday meal. The average cost in Louisiana of ingredients for a Turkey Day spread for 10 people is $50.43, according to the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
Read MoreIn 2020, while summer activities across the state were slowly canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, LSU AgCenter employees were determined to keep youths engaged in agricultural endeavors. They developed a pumpkin growing contest with the goal of providing children with an activity they could do at home that would teach them about farming. Many young people were stuck at home, so the extra time could easily be spent in the garden.
Read MoreStudents in St. Helena Parish experience poverty and food insecurity at higher rates than both the national and state averages. To help ensure that students and their families have reliable access to food, the St. Helena Parish School District teamed up with LSU AgCenter Healthy Communities and the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to launch the first-ever parish-wide school food pantry in Louisiana.
Read MoreEarlier this week, the Department of Labor released fourth quarter and full fiscal year usage data for the H-2A program. Given agriculture’s ongoing struggle to recruit domestic workers and a very tight U.S. labor market overall, it should be no surprise that usage of the H-2A program reached new highs again in fiscal year 2022 (October 2021-September 2022).
Read MoreAs you sit down with family and friends this Thanksgiving, you may not realize how key our nation’s Land-grant Universities are to making sure you have a bounty of food to enjoy. Since 1887, researchers at these public institutions have been conducting research to improve the nutrition and quality of the food we eat. Learn more about NIFA-funded research on foods that may be on your Thanksgiving menu.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center and the Southern University Alumni Federation will host a medical marijuana educational tour at 2 p.m. on November 25, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113, in room Bolden 1.
Read MoreFor most of the country, November is the month that agricultural activities are winding down and producers start planning for next year. It’s a time for reflection and thanksgiving.
But on this November 24 Thanksgiving Day, Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers and millers will be hard at work harvesting and milling cane into raw sugar. Yes, they’ll manage to squeeze in a hearty meal with their families, but sugarcane doesn’t recognize any holidays. Producers are under an unknown deadline to get the crop in before a potential killing freeze descends upon south Louisiana. A freeze, even a light freeze, can lessen sugar content.
Read MoreBert Jacobs, co-founder and Chief Executive Optimist of the $150 million lifestyle brand Life is Good®, will address attendees as general session keynote speaker during the 2023 American Farm Bureau Convention.
Read MoreCatahoula Parish deputies urged residents in the Trinity area to evacuate Friday evening after a fire occurred at BUNGE Elevator around 6:30 p.m
Catahoula Parish officials say some residents stayed at Edwards Motel until the area surrounding the grain elevator in Jonesville became clear.
Read MoreKristen 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
Read MoreStress for trees can be a lot like stress in humans — too much is never a good thing.
Pines, the main tree species in Louisiana forests, are susceptible to several biotic and abiotic stresses, said Raj Singh, LSU AgCenter plant doctor.
Read MoreSoil scientists spent nearly 18 years studying the impacts of field crop burning. The practice is utilized by grain farmers in the Arkansas Delta to clear fields of plant refuse, kill weeds and other pests, and prepare the seedbed for next year’s planting.
Read MoreBaton Rouge-based applied research and product development firm Inventherm has received a $650,000 Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop its innovative Cremmjoy Soft-Serve Ice Cream Machine for use in the restaurant and retail sector. Among the 34 companies awarded SBIR Phase 2 awards nationwide, Inventherm is the only company from Louisiana.
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