The Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame welcomed 12 new members to its ranks at a ceremony on Nov. 12. The Hall of Fame has inducted 268 members since it started in 2008. Toby Lepley, LSU AgCenter associate vice president and 4-H program leader, said the work and sacrifices of the dozen honorees adds up to thousands of hours of service to Louisiana 4-H youth.
Read MoreSteele's Christmas Tree Farm in the rolling hills of Angie, La., opened to the public for their 43rd year after Thanksgiving. The farm offers 5 to 20 foot Leyland Cypress, Carolina Sapphire, Blue Ice or Green Giant Christmas trees.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year when people are searching for the perfect Christmas tree.
The folks over at Calandro’s Christmas Trees in Baton Rouge have been in business for more than 60 years.
Read MoreA New Iberia teen took home one of the top honors at the 2022 State Fair of Louisiana in Shreveport.
Grant Delahoussaye of New Iberia won second place as well as Senior Showmanship honors.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of 19 new farmer-leaders to serve on the United Soybean Board (USB). In addition, 24 farmer-leaders were reappointed. Forty-six leaders and alternates will serve three-year terms, and one new appointed member will serve a one-year term. Leaders will be sworn in for service during the USB December Meeting in St. Charles, Mo.
Read MoreKa-Thump…Ka-Thump…Ka-THUMP!
Lee Comer’s heart began racing with a resounding and steady pounding when he realized something was about to happen.
Read MoreTen whooping cranes were recently added to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ experimental population, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Six juvenile cranes, hatched and reared at the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center in New Orleans, part of the Audubon Nature Institute, along with four chicks from the International Crane Foundation (ICF) were received at LDWF’s White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WLWCA) near Gueydan in early November.
Read MoreMeryl Kennedy's story begins in a truck, riding with her father around her family's rice farm as a child growing up in northeast Louisiana.
''He loved to take me out there,'' she recalled. ''Drive around for hours and hours.''
Read MoreFarm Labor: Number of workers, Hours Worked, and Wage Rates by Type of Worker - Delta Region and United States: 2017 - 2022.
Read MoreIt can be hard to believe that some children don’t know where their food comes from. But the LSU AgCenter is helping improve that knowledge around the state.
Students from 10 central Louisiana parishes got a lesson in how agriculture touches many areas of their lives during the AgCenter’s annual AgMagic Cenla event Nov. 16 and 17.
Read MoreLSU horticulture students are learning practices that will stay with them for a lifetime, including how to battle food insecurity in the campus community.
Carl Motsenbocker’s Principles and Practices of Olericulture course teaches students about the science of growing, harvesting and marketing vegetables. A hands-on lab for this course takes place at the Hill Farm Teaching Facility, located on the LSU main campus in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreOn November 21, a Pointe Coupee Parish man was arrested by Brand Inspectors with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission. The arrest resulted from an arrest warrant from Pointe Coupee Parish following an investigation conducted by the Livestock Brand Commission.
Read MoreSome of Louisiana's farmers, ranchers and timberland holders have held and worked their land for generations, going back 100 years or more. The state is trying to honor that commitment.
Since it was launched in 2014, the Century Farm Program has honored 75 such families, said Mike Strain, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Read MoreWinter is on the approach, but that doesn’t stop Louisiana farmers from harvesting and providing fresh produce and delicious bites to a hungry public. For frequent visitors to local farmers markets, the fresh array of seasonal foods and goods are a welcome addition to the family’s holiday dinner table. Here are the must-see farmer’s markets in Louisiana for the winter.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation has reported that Louisianans can expect to spend $13.63 less than the national average for their Thanksgiving meal.
According to a statewide sample of prices for the 37th annual American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey, Louisiana residents will spend less than the national average.
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