The LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station will host a wildlife forum and field day May 12 featuring information on chronic wasting disease, feral hogs, habitat management and more.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that nearly $130 million in additional, automatic financial assistance has been obligated for qualifying farm loan program borrowers who are facing financial risk. The announcement is part of the $3.1 billion to help distressed farm loan borrowers that was provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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This program supports independently owned meat and poultry processing businesses with funds to provide more and better processing options for local livestock producers by modernizing, increasing, diversifying and decentralizing meat and poultry processing capacity, including support for rendering.
Processing Expansion Projects will fund grants from $100,000 up to $5 million to increase the processing and/or rendering capacity of privately, cooperatively, non-profit, or Tribally held processing facilities.
The Greater Baton Rouge Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals is excited to announce Robert Easly, Jr. as the new Vice President of Membership. Robert has served as the Director of Advancement of the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences for the last 2 ½ years.
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The Louisiana FFA 2023 Capitol Day, presented by iCEV, will be held on May 4th, 2023. The event will welcome over 200 FFA members, supporters, and guests to the Louisiana State Capitol to advocate for agricultural education and learn more about the legislative process.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for May 2023, which are effective May 1, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
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Agents with the Livestock Brand Commission of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), in conjunction with the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office, are asking for the public’s assistance in an agricultural pesticides vandalism case in Grant Parish.
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Eight years ago Louisiana's then Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham warned the feral hog population was exploding in such massive numbers that they may one day be rooting up Huey Long's grave on the Capitol grounds.
Since then the feral hog population in Louisiana has gone from 600,000 to nearly 1 million, about the same as the combined human population for the state's largest four cities - New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans.
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Three outstanding students from LSU's College of Agriculture have been chosen to represent the LSU Tiger Twelve Class of 2023: Avery Hebert, Jackson Martingayle and Zachary Mayfield.
The Tiger Twelve is an esteemed program that celebrates a group of exceptional undergraduate seniors who have made significant contributions to campus life at LSU and have had a positive impact on the Baton Rouge community.
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Louisiana's spring season has been marked by unseasonably cold weather, which has slowed the growth and emergence of corn already in the ground. This has led to an upsurge in soil-borne insect problems that are becoming more apparent as producers and agricultural consultants survey their fields. This week, I looked at a cornfield in Natchitoches with Steve Schultz, that was severely affected by wireworms, a persistent and damaging pest that can wreak havoc on several crops.
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Patrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane grower from Plaquemine, Louisiana testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit on Wednesday, April 26.
Speaking on behalf of the American Sugar Alliance, Frischhertz called on lawmakers to maintain “an adequate economic safety net for American sugarcane and sugarbeet farmers.”
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The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced today that enrollment for the 2023 crop year is open now through September 1, providing growers the opportunity to complete data entry prior to harvest. The updated timing also better aligns with peak cotton marketing dates and allows a member’s cotton to be verified and visible as Protocol Cotton bales right after ginning.
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A member of one of Franklin Parish’s oldest families and a World War II veteran, John L. Dailey Jr., was laid to rest last week in his family’s cemetery in Extension. Dailey was just a few months away from what would have been his 100th birthday when he died on Monday, April 17.
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Whenever he talks about electric tractors, Jon Gilbeck always gets the inevitable question: When will big green tractors be electric powered?
Well, don’t expect any battery-powered 7R or 8R John Deere tractors anytime soon, but you can expect a smaller electric-powered John Deere tractor in a couple of years.
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Louisiana’s Cooperative Extension Service offers a number of programs aimed at educating clientele about improving management skills, increasing profitability and, ultimately, becoming more sustainable. These “master” programs educate home gardeners, agronomic producers and cattlemen about best management practices that help improve water quality, soil health and overall conservation efforts for long-term sustainability through the Master Gardener, Master Farmer and Master Cattleman programs.
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