Favorable financing and grants triggered by a U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster declaration could keep some Louisiana farmers from going under and offer relief to virtually every producer in the state where late summer flooding decimated crops and created $500 million in losses.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden’s annual Arbor Day celebration is back and better than ever.
This year’s event, slated for Saturday, Jan. 21, will feature a wide range of activities to help people of all ages learn about the importance of trees while enjoying time in the great outdoors.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for January 2023, which are effective Jan. 3, 2023. 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 Federal Communications Commission has published new broadband service and availability maps, which will be used to determine how much funding states will receive from the federal government to provide internet to underserved areas in their state. Challenging the accuracy of these maps is critical in our efforts to truly eliminate the digital divide by 2029.
Read MoreThe assistance, included in the FY23 omnibus spending package, includes US$3.74bn for disaster assistance for US ranchers and farmers, including cotton and other row crop producers.
Schneider, a Louisiana producer, said the industry appreciates that the package includes $15.45m for cotton pest management activities, $4m for USDA’s cotton classing laboratories, and increased funding for cotton genetics and fibre quality research programmes within the Agriculture Research Service.
Read MoreIn early April, the Port of South Louisiana approved a deal that would allow an agriculture export company to avoid paying just over $200 million in property taxes on a grain terminal planned in St. John the Baptist Parish.
Read MoreThe McBride Sisters Collection Wines SHE CAN Fund and the Matador Spirits and Legacy House Media presented checks to the Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences totaling $300,000 on November 25, 2022 during the Southern University System’s Board of Supervisors Meeting.
Read MoreTim Walker may not be from Louisiana, but he certainly has some vested interests in the Pelican State’s rice industry. As general manager of HorizonAg, his company has championed the Clearfield, then, subsequently, the Provisia systems that have proven to be vital to Louisiana’s rice industry. He touted these offerings from the HorizonAg display booth at the 2022 U.S.A. Rice Outlook Conference held Dec. 7-9.
Read MoreEPA announced a new definition for “waters of the United States” strikingly similar to the WOTUS designation in place before 2015.
Read MoreLSU Ag invites teacher, homeschool groups, and 4-H club leaders to register for a free field trip to AgMagic Baton Rouge! AgMagic is a one-of-a-kind event held at the John M. Parker Coliseum.
Read MoreThe House recently approved and sent to President Biden's desk a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill that includes $3.7 billion in farm disaster aid, resolving some key unfinished business for agriculture, including measures to help producers take advantage of carbon markets.
Read MoreFor cousins Adam and Jonathan Knight, the cattle business is a part of their heritage.
Their family once ran a dairy farm on hundreds of acres that straddled East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana parishes, and they grew up around beef cattle. Now the Knights both run small cattle operations on those pastures and on leased land adjacent to them.
Read MoreLouisiana's float in the Rose Parade won the Showmanship Award for most outstanding display of showmanship and entertainment today.
The float - Celebration Riverboat - was featured in the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
Read MoreMonday marks the start of the first work week in the New Year — and for Acadiana's sugarcane farmers, it's a busy one.
Read MoreAccording to authorities, a couple was arrested by St. Landry Parish Government investigators on animal cruelty charges.
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