The Mushroom Maggie’s Farm booth at Red Stick Farmers Market is an otherworldly array of textures and earthy jewel tones. Oyster mushrooms in silver, gold and sunset pink. Chestnuts in amber hues. Crisp-skinned pioppinos that look like milk chocolate drops. Snow white lion’s mane. Who knew delicious, nutritious mushrooms could be so beautiful?
Read MoreA group of rice millers and merchants spent time visiting with officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and the Surface Transportation Board (STB) as part of USA Rice’s fly-in this week.
Read MoreThe shipping crisis on the Mississippi River might finally be ending. Since last July, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ease shipping backups.
With improved snowpack in areas such as Montana and precipitation through the midsection of the country late last fall and this winter, the Mississippi River and its tributaries could be back to normal by this spring.
Read MoreThree individuals who have spent their careers dedicated to improving agriculture in Louisiana are the newest inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. The induction too place place at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge last night.
Read MoreThe Southern University AgCenter is hosting its 80th Annual State Livestock and Poultry Show March 2-4.
It’s happening at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70813.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the first steps in its process for providing financial assistance to farmers, ranchers or forest landowners who have previously suffered discrimination with respect to USDA farm lending programs. In addition, USDA set a target of distributing the allocated funds, which were authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act, out to borrowers by the end of 2023. This process has been carefully designed in accordance with the IRA, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and significant stakeholder input.
Read MoreAs we approach the peak of strawberry season, Springfield strawberry farmer, Trey Harris said it’s been a tough year so far weather-wise. He said production is down from this time last year, but the current unseasonably warm temps are speeding things up.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Feb. 28, Cenla farmers and first responders got a lesson in grain bin safety from members of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
Read MoreA traditional seafood favorite is being grown in an untraditional way in Louisiana
Alternative oyster culture, also known as "AOC," is a different way to farm oysters.
Farmers buy the seed from a hatchery and grow the oysters in floating cages.
Read MoreA horse that was among several stolen from an Ascension Parish property last week was abused and tortured so badly it had to be euthanized, according to the owner of the property from which the horses were taken.
Read MoreCompetitors with 4-H and FFA livestock projects from across Louisiana came together to participate in the 88th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show held Feb. 11 to 18 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
Read MoreGreaux the Good, a new statewide market match nutrition incentive program, has allowed the St. Helena Farmers Market to increase the capacity of its previous Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) incentive program.
Read MoreLocal farmers are getting a jump start on the 2023 corn planting. Tractors with planters attached are traveling down rows, planting this year’s corn crop which is anticipated to be large.
Read MoreAs shared in an October 2022 Market Intel, third quarter domestic rail service data indicated improvements in average rail speeds, unfilled grain car orders and employment numbers. A dive into the most recent data from the Surface Transportation Board, the independent agency tasked with economic regulation of freight rail, reveals an unexpected increase in the unfilled order metric for some Class I railroads, which continues to hinder farmers’ and ranchers’ abilities to move inputs and products efficiently and cost effectively. Other statistics send more positive signals on the domestic supply chain as transportation networks aim for pre-pandemic normalcy.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture held its Agriculture Outlook Forum Feb. 23-24 in Washington, D.C. The forum provides a forecast for the 2023 crop year.
Matt Foster, LSU AgCenter state specialist for cotton, corn and grain sorghum, was a featured speaker at the forum and discussed Louisiana cotton. He started by looking back over the previous decade.
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