There’s an old saying in farm country, that when times are tough, it’s time to tighten up the belt. But to which belt do they refer? With so many different kinds of agriculture pressure giving producers the heebie geebies, the belt in which they live and operate may determine what needs tightened. The U.S. has long described its geographic regions as beltways, and to that extent we’ve all heard of the following: the Corn Belt, Wheat Belt, Cotton Belt, Rust Belt, and Sun Belt.
Read MoreIn a state known for its oil and gas industry, companies are looking at Louisiana to build up the country’s offshore wind industry infrastructure.
In Houma, officials from New England utility company Eversource and renewable energy developer Orsted toured the progress of the first U.S. built service operation vessel to help maintain offshore wind farms.
Read MoreFourth- through eighth-grade students at IDEA Bridge Public Schools learn the importance of healthy eating and how the produce grown from their school farm will be used for school meals.
Read MoreActing NIFA Director Dr. Dionne Toombs recently visited Louisiana’s Land-grant Universities. Both Southern University and Louisiana State University (LSU) are located in Baton Rouge. Dr. Toombs spoke at the Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Health, Wellness and Quality of Life symposium at Southern University.
Read MoreA federal appeals court on Wednesday said Louisiana can enforce a state law forbidding companies from intentionally using misleading meat-like terms when selling plant-based food, reversing a lower court ruling in a case brought by the maker of Tofurky.
Read MoreLouisiana rice farmers are finishing up their planting while the weather is good!
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall calls a second U.S. District Court ruling to halt the 2023 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule a win for farmers. Today’s ruling, out of North Dakota, stops implementation of the rule in 24 states. The first ruling, out of Texas, halted the rule in two states.
Read MoreBringing the farm to the city is the idea behind the LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic on the River event held recently at Docville Farm.
Of all the places that you would expect to see farm animals, the Greater New Orleans area would probably not be high on that list. But that is exactly the point of AgMagic, said LSU AgCenter agent Beth Gambel.
Read MoreApplications for the Johnson C. Smith University – Summer Sustainability Science Camp are now open. SU College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences undergraduate agricultural students Kayla Wiley and recent graduate Brenton Pitt were selected in the Summer of 2022 by the Center for Renewable Energy & Sustainability to engage in stakeholder empowerment through watershed and ecosystem service explorations.
Read MoreSouthern U.S. agricultural researchers are improving agriculture one crop at a time. From rice and peanuts to soybeans and strawberries, plant breeders from land-grant universities across the southern U.S. are finding ways to bring new plant varieties to market to help farmers feed their communities and the world with nutritious and cost-efficient crops.
Read MoreThe Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is offering double incentives of up to $10,000 toward eligible propane-powered equipment for agricultural operations directly impacted by the tornado outbreak across the Midwest and South.
Read MoreA fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that makes it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lead to new fungicides to reduce substantial annual losses of rice and other valuable cereals.
Read MoreThe U.S. produces a food surplus, so shortages aren't a problem. But that's not that case in every part of the world, and one country in particular, China has been very active in buying American land.
Read MoreThe Louisiana NRCS, an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking support from natural resource conservation partners to provide outreach promoting NRCS programs that enhance conservation delivery in Louisiana.
Read MoreThis past week, the Louisiana State University Ag Center in Jeff Davis Parish hosted their annual 4-H Achievement Awards Day to honor ag students for their work over the past year.
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