There’s a new way to fuel our school buses coming and it’s a way no one expected.
Flatulence, cow flatulence to be exact. When cows pass gas, the methane from cows has the ability to fuel buses and according to Ingevity, is better for the environment.
In honor of Earth Day coming up, kids from local schools were invited to learn about this new idea.
Read MoreThe Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers (“Advisory Committee”). The Advisory Committee consists of 15 members who are expected to serve a 2-year term and may be reappointed for an additional two terms.
Read MoreLouisiana rests alongside the Gulf of Mexico and provides an outlet for the nation’s most important river, the Mississippi, and some of its tributaries. To reduce agricultural runoff into these water bodies and improve soil-water quality around farms, Louisiana farmers have been implementing a wide range of environment-friendly and sustainable farm practices often called best management practices.
Read MoreThree Louisiana legislators are pushing to create a new, centralized strategy to oversee the state's port system, a move they say is needed to overcome a long history of infighting that has allowed Gulf Coast rivals to leapfrog the ports of south Louisiana.
Read MoreTwo Louisiana state senators said the Legislature was hoodwinked into legalizing a consumable hemp product market with enough THC levels to make users high, likening it to recreational marijuana.
Read MoreDonovan L. Segura, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Title IX at Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at Southern University and A&M College, was sworn in as the President-Elect of the Conference of Minority of Public Administrators on March 24, 2023 during American Society of Public Administrators (ASPA) Annual Conference.
Read MoreIf I was to sum the first session of our Leadership Class in a single sentence, it would be: You don’t know how much you don’t know until you are shown. I entered into this program near the upper age limit and frankly, nearly missed my opportunity.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2023 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton which are applied to the crop loan rate to determine the per bale actual loan rate.
Read MoreFrom Texas to Georgia, root-knot and reniform nematodes can be blamed for reducing yields in cotton and in some regions, peanuts and soybeans, as well.
Read MoreAccording to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Louisiana, there were 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, April 16, 2023. Topsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 26 percent surplus.
Read MoreA serious infestation of Hessian fly in wheat was observed this year in south Louisiana. Reports indicate that severe infestations have been detected in LSU AgCenter wheat varietal trials at Central Research Station in Baton Rouge and high levels of infestation were also observed in a producer’s fields near Bunkie.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is seeking entrepreneurs to apply online for the 2024 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Now in its 10th year, this national business competition showcases U.S. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starting today and running through May 26, 2023.
Read MoreBest management practices are measures that producers can apply to crop rotations, tillage operations, effective input application and other aspects of the management process that minimize — or eliminate altogether — the flow of fertilizers, pesticides, animal waste and other byproducts of farm operations from entering water resources.
Read MoreFestivalgoers will find Harris Seafood at the entrance of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, but they will also find Harris Farm strawberries.
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