Tyson Foods announced Thursday, April 27 its intention to eliminate several corporate and senior leadership roles.
According to content-sharing partner KNWA in Fayetteville, Tyson’s CEO Donnie King states in a memo that the decision to downsize was necessary for the future of the company.
Read MoreJust how is cotton raised in the United States? And what are farmers doing to be more sustainable with this important fiber and oilseed crop? Good questions both, and the industry is stepping up to answer that for buyers with information direct from growers in the U.S. Cotton Trust Program.
Read MoreAndy Weir's bestselling 2011 book, The Martian, features botanist Mark Watney's efforts to grow food on Mars after he becomes stranded there. While Watney's initial efforts focus on growing potatoes, new research presented at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the U of A suggests future Martian botanists like Watney may have a better option: growing rice.
Read MoreIt’s a Christmas holiday tradition — a few months after Christmas — that benefits the Louisiana environment.
New Orleans officials joined Louisiana Army National Guard members and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday to place bundles of used Christmas trees in the waters of a wildlife refuge.
The trees are used to build marsh habitat.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to get tougher on Salmonella bacteria found in breaded, stuffed raw chicken products, the agency announced Tuesday.
About 1.35 million people are infected with Salmonella bacteria each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Almost a quarter of the nation’s Salmonella infections are caused by eating poultry.
Read MoreConexon Connect will build out at least 1,500 fiber connections in East Carroll Parish using state grant and RDOF money as well as its own capital.
Read MoreSome Pre brand ground beef burger patties, which are sold in some grocery stores and nationwide on Amazon, have been recalled.
Read MoreGetting up close and personal with the Louisiana crawfish industry!
As This Week in Louisiana Agriculture shows us, American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall went to work recently in the Bayou State.
Read MoreMississippi rice farmer and chairman of USA Rice Kirk Satterfield testified on behalf of the rice industry on Wednesday during a hearing held by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit on “Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill.” Witnesses included leaders from nine other major commodity organizations.
Read MorePatrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane grower from Plaquemine, Louisiana testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. He thanked Chairman Austin Scott (R-GA-8) and Ranking Member Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) for listening to the needs of American producers as they craft the next Farm Bill.
Read MoreMuch of the farmland along LA-741 in Port Barre will soon be transformed into solar farms, benefitting both the parish and those who live in it.
Read MoreIt has been rough few days for market bulls as the Chicago wheat market scored fresh lows and the corn market tested long-term uptrend support just a few cents above the March lows. The July soybean didn't fare much better as they have taken out the long-term moving averages.
Read MoreIowa’s new Attorney General put it simply: “It’s the same power grab, just a different decade.” US. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland has granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from implementing or enforcing the new Waters of the United States rule.
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