You can’t have just one. Potato chips are America’s classic snack: crunchy, salty, greasy, and tasting of potato or flavored with things like sour cream, vinegar, BBQ, maple bacon, or Cajun dill. And today, on March 14, chip lovers across the country can celebrate them on National Potato Chip Day.
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It’s often been said, the most important skill of a successful entrepreneur is the ability to find hidden opportunities normal people see and pass by every day. Local beekeeper Eric Boudreaux is just that sort of entrepreneur – he was inspired to start his own business, Boudreaux’s Backyard Bees and Honey, after something as simple as a visit to his local store.
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Wheat and farming shaped the legacy of Brady Sidwell’s family. But it wasn’t until his father’s death in 2013 that the younger Sidwell began to grasp the depth of that legacy and the role he might play in carrying it forward. He couldn’t have foreseen that he would one day translate his family’s wheat farming history into integrated supply chain businesses connecting farmers to consumers and food-supply businesses.
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The American Soybean Association submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for sufficient Farm Bill budget resources.
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Cotton Incorporated announces the appointment of William Kimbrell as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. This new position was created by Cotton Incorporated’s Board of Directors following the current President and Chief Executive Officer, J. Berrye Worsham’s retirement announcement effective December 2024. The position is in alignment with Cotton Incorporated’s Succession Plan toward the transition to be potentially named President and CEO, which requires a Board vote in December 2024.
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In areas of the state that predominately raise cotton, a typical rotation includes soybeans and corn. Although farmers like to keep cotton in the mix, sometimes it’s difficult to do when the price drops and input costs increase. One potential solution is to grow cotton on 60-inch rows instead of Louisiana’s popular 38-inch row configuration.
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The pinnacle of student leadership in the FFA is serving as a National FFA Officer. Of the more than 850,000 FFA members across the nation, only six are chosen each year to represent the organization as National Officers. Recently, Louisiana FFA selected Kaleb LeMoine as its 2023 candidate.
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On Monday, March 13, officials from the state’s Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity (Connect LA) and Swyft Fiber announced the first fiber laid in Grant Parish using GUMBO grant funds will be in Georgetown.
The Village of Georgetown, with a population of fewer than 300 people, is nestled in North Grant Parish, not far from the parish line of LaSalle.
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On Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5, the Louisiana Cattle Festival and Fair Association proudly welcomed a new group of royalty to reign over the 73rd Louisiana Cattle Festival, scheduled for October of 2023.
The newly crowned kings and queens are tasked with promoting the festival during their year-long reign in addition to representing the festival and fair association, the state’s cattle industry, the City of Abbeville and Vermilion Parish.
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Managing feral swine — the land-damaging, disease-carrying wild hogs that roam throughout the country — starts with good data, according to Nana Tian, a forest economics researcher for the Arkansas Forest Resources Center.
The recently published survey estimates feral swine damages over five years across all of Arkansas and Louisiana and 38 counties in east Texas.
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Seeds are taking root in fields across Louisiana following a relatively warm winter, and spring calving season is almost complete.
While spring signals a new year for commodities, agriculture is a year-long effort in Louisiana. Before the first seeds are planted, LSU AgCenter researchers and extension agents are working to ensure that those seeds meet success.
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The annual Florida Parishes Forestry Forum will be held March 17 at the Lynhaven Event Center located at 21660 Old Covington Highway.
LSU AgCenter extension forester Whitney Wallace said the meeting will last from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the theme for this year’s forum is post-hurricane forest management.
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“In like a lion, out like a lamb or in like a lamb, out like a lion” is an old saying that predicts March weather. If we follow this folk lore, then we will have good weather from mid-March until April Fool’s Day (April 1).
We need some good news from MA Nature this year! Louisiana corn farmers got into their fields early and corn planting has a good start. Speaking of good starts, our cattle markets started picking up steam in February and will, hopefully, continue.
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As the warm weather encourages bountiful seafood harvests across south Louisiana, the Public Affairs Research Council for Louisiana is touting the seafood industry’s $2.4 billion annual impact on the state’s economy.
One out of every 70 jobs in Louisiana is related to the seafood industry, says PAR in a “snapshot” report released Friday. Louisiana is the nation’s second-largest seafood supplier with harvests of crawfish, shrimp, crabs, oysters and alligators.
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