Louisiana’s J.T. Meleck Distillers now offers its brand of rice whiskey throughout the year, including a single-barrel cask strength option for select retailers in its home state.
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After several years of market fluctuations, the Louisiana timber industry is finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
That is the optimism shared by forestry professionals during the 2023 Forestry Forum held as a part of AgExpo recently in West Monroe.
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There's a new Seafood Hub, in Acadiana that will hopefully alleviate some of the challenges the seafood industry is facing.
A groundbreaking happened, at the Acadiana Seafood Hub, in Erath Wednesday.
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The AgResource team has been on the ground in Mato Grosso, Brazil this past week. Here's a summary of their findings from the soybean rows.
A large Brazilian soybean crop will be harvested in the next 30 to 45 days, and most likely USDA, CONAB (the National Supply Company, a public company under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in Brazil) and private analysts will be forced to raise Brazilian soybean production estimates by 1 million to 3 million tons (37 million to 110 million bushels). A crop of at least 150 million tons versus 129.5 million last year is guaranteed.
Estimating the reality of China’s population, demand and other economic figures seems to be a growing challenge for economists across the globe. This week, China threw out a bit of a surprise, acknowledging the country’s population is declining. Officials in China say the population now sits at 1.4 billion.
While analysts say China is at least acknowledging the population problem, some estimates point to China's population dwindling from 1 billion by 2050 to 494 million by 2100.The issue is China's one-child policy, a practice which ended in 2016.
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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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Our LSU Vet Med Open House is an opportunity for everyone in the family to discover the fantastic world of veterinary medicine and the latest developments in animal health care, welfare and biomedical research. Students, faculty and staff will provide information and exhibits on veterinary medicine and biomedical science. There will also be a petting zoo, a teddy bear repair station, where children can get their stuffed animals “sutured,” and animal demonstrations.
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The Ag Achievement Award, which is presented each year to a farming operation and university that have worked together cooperatively to promote innovation, efficiency, quality, safety, conservation, and environmental practices. Kody Beavers and Louisiana State University AgCenter, are the 2023 recipients of the award.
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Local elementary students had an opportunity become virtual farmers, dig for fossils, and plant sunflower seeds this past week through Nutrien Ltd.’s Seed Survivor Mobile Classroom, an interactive teaching tool that instills the importance of agriculture within the next generation.
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Seeds of progress and recovery are being planted at Kisatchie National Forest as part of a plan to grow more than 800,000 new longleaf pine trees in the forest through a $25 million partnership between the National Forest Foundation and Tellurian, a natural gas company housed in Texas.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available up to $7.5 million for grants through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects
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The LSU AgCenter recently filled two positions to support Louisiana’s forestry industry.
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Louisiana milk production during the October - December 2022 quarter was 25.0 million pounds, down 11 percent from the same period in 2021 but up 14 percent from the July - September quarter.
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