An estimated 35 percent of food produced in the United States is thrown away, valued at an average $408 billion loss annually. About 37 percent of waste occurs in homes, though this amount is likely underestimated due to the difficulty of measuring household food waste.
Read MoreThe 2023 Farm Bureau Foundation Fellows have launched four free Applied Digital Skills lessons dedicated to helping students learn about food, fuel and fiber. The lessons were developed with support from Grow with Google to make digital skills and agricultural literacy more accessible to students across the country, with a focus on rural classrooms.
Read MoreSmall business owners from throughout Louisiana are invited to the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s (SU Ag Center) 18th Annual Business Development and Procurement Conference: Helping Businesses Recover from the Effects of Covid-19. The conference will be held May 15 - 18, 2023 at the L’Auberge Hotel & Casino, 777 L’Auberge Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70820.
Read MoreSection 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides $2.2 billion in financial assistance for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA’s farm lending programs prior to January 1, 2021.
USDA is aware of some lawyers and groups spreading misleading information about this process, pressuring people to sign retainer agreements, and asking people to fill out forms with private and sensitive information. Note that application forms for this program are not yet available and the application filing period has not started.
Read MoreThe South Franklin Catfish Festival kicks off this week-end
Read MoreLSU AgCenter plant pathologist Sara Thomas-Sharma has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant to study a common disease of soybeans.
Cercospora leaf blight is a disease that continues to be a problem for soybean farmers in the mid-South, with cost to the industry at more than $250 million over the past five years
Read MoreThe Forest Service making up to $1 billion available in Urban and Community Forestry competitive grants for investments that increase equitable access to urban tree canopy and associated human health, environmental and economic benefits in disadvantaged communities.
Read MoreAccording to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Louisiana, there were 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, April 30, 2023. Topsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 20 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 5 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 17 percent surplus.
Read MoreAssisted by more favourable weather conditions US farmers are advancing their spring efforts with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) weekly crop progress report stating that 26% of the estimated corn crop has now been planted, with soybeans at 19% sowed.
Read MoreTexas A&M AgriLife Research and IBM are working to develop low-cost sensors and a smartphone app, aimed to provide farmers a new tool for making real-time decisions about when to water crops.
Read MoreConsistent with many fields of interest, Black women are largely underrepresented in both agriculture and successful entrepreneurship.
Black women continue to start businesses at higher rates than others, but due to various factors including race, gender, personal resources, and distribution of government resources influence their ability to maintain their businesses and experience longevity. L’Asia George is making strides to alter both discouraging statistics by introducing the Campus Market to Southern University.
Read MoreAgents 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.
On April 18, in an agricultural field on the east side of the 700 block of Hwy 158 in Colfax, LA, property workers discovered that someone had tampered with valves on two large pesticide containers on a trailer and spilled the pesticides Glufosinate and Glyphosate on the ground. Some of the pesticides may have been stolen.
Read MoreAgriculture is a risky business. USDA is here to help you prepare for and recover from the impacts of natural disasters and market volatility. USDA provides a suite of disaster assistance programs to help offset losses as well as crop insurance and other coverage options to help manage risk and provide a safety net. USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Risk Management Agency offers a number of options.
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