State agriculture officials from across the country sought this month to remind a new crop of lawmakers in Congress of their states’ needs for a robust farm bill to address a host of food issues.
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Kody Beavers and Louisiana State University AgCenter are the 2023 recipients of the Agricultural Achievement Award.
The award 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. The award is presented at the Southern Cotton Ginners Association annual meeting.
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The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance today released policy recommendations for the 2023 farm bill. The farm bill is essential legislation that impacts every family in America and has enormous potential to help the food, agriculture and forestry sectors achieve their climate mitigation potential while preserving and creating new economic opportunities.
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The cargo trapped for months at the Dutch port of Rotterdam was so precious that the United Nations intervened to mediate its release. The World Food Programme chartered a ship to transport it to Mozambique, from where it’s being taken by truck through the interior to its end destination, Malawi.
It’s not grain or maize, but 20,000 metric tons of Russian fertilizer, and it can’t come soon enough.
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For six and a half years, LSU AgCenter scientists and their counterparts at other agencies have been searching for clues as to why large swaths of roseau cane are dying along Louisiana’s coast — and how to restore these areas to prevent further land loss.
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Lent began Wednesday, and it's a time of service and sacrifice; it's also a time for seafood. That means crawfish boils, catfish, and seafood gumbo all around the capital area.
City Cafe in Baton Rouge is rolling out all the fixins from their seafood menu.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) in Louisiana announced today that it is opening an application period for NRCS conservation programs resulting from funding provided to the agency under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Interested Louisiana farm and non-industrial private forest landowners must apply by March 17, 2023, for the agency’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), offered under this funding allocation.
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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has reintroduced H.R. 1057, the Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, which holds foreign countries and exporters to the same standards that U.S. seafood producers and processors abide by.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup starting February 27 through April 7, 2023. CRP is a cornerstone voluntary conservation program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a key tool in the Biden-Harris administration’s effort to address climate change and help agricultural communities invest in the long-term well-being of their land and natural resources.
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After more than a decade of meeting up the road in Jennings, the Louisiana Rice Council (LARC) and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association (LARGA) returned here to the International Rice Festival Building to hold their annual business meetings, talk about the coming year, and hear industry reports.
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With recent action, the Agency is proposing to reinstate several provisions from the 2015 WPS to strengthen protections for farmworkers and bystanders including:
Applying the AEZ beyond an establishment’s boundaries; and when individuals are within easements (such as easement for utility workers to access telephone lines).
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SPROUT and the New Orleans Food Policy Action Council (FPAC) are hosting Farm Bill listening sessions around the state of Louisiana. On March 29 from 11:30a-1:00p, we are partnering with the Louisiana Small-Scale Agriculture Coalition (LSSAC) to connect with farmers across the state of Louisiana.
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Wheat Fertilization and Vernalization: Nitrogen (N) fertilization of wheat can be a challenging aspect of production. Total N application normally ranges from 90 to 120 pounds per acre, but this will vary depending on the previous crop, soil type and rainfall after application(s). Timing N application depends on several factors.
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