Louisiana's seafood industry is experiencing a crisis.
Some shrimpers in Delcambre said they are exploring other careers and getting out of the business, before it gets worse.
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The LSU AgCenter has created a new extension agent position that is aimed at connecting commercial crawfish producers with valuable AgCenter research.
Todd Fontenot will now serve as the AgCenter’s area crawfish extension agent. He said his work in this new role will revolve around crawfish production that is in rotation with rice production.
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An Iberia Parish man was arrested on June 5regarding an investigation involving theft of livestock in St. Landry Parish.
Inspectors with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission arrested 66-year-old Orlando Williams in St. Landry Parish on a warrant for theft of livestock.
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The Southern University Ag Center JAGcation summer camp has officially begun, and campers are taking away more than the regular agriculture curriculum.
9-year-old Loryn Donn is enjoying the summer camp so far. After a mental health lesson she says she has learned the importance of mental health, and believes it helps with raising the next generation.
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The summertime low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico -- a killer of bottom-living organisms and threat to commercial shrimp and other fisheries -- is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles along the Louisiana and Texas coasts this year, or more than six Lake Pontchartrains.
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The annual Louisiana Future Farmers of America State Convention and Expo opened its doors Monday, June 5, at the Randolph Riverfront Convention Center in downtown Alexandria. Students at the expo got to share their experiences in FFA and share their passions with other members.
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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting the purchase of Gulf shrimp following market access issues due to the massive influx of imported products from overseas that could be harmful to consumers.
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Louisiana’s legal THC industry, which has exploded in recent years as House Speaker Clay Schexnayder has ushered in a dramatic expansion, is nearing a victory in the legislative session that ends June 8.
That’s because lawmakers appear poised not to do anything to restrict it.
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The Summer Feeding program — which kicked off Monday in Calcasieu Parish — aims to tackle food insecurity for children while school is out of session by providing free meals at more than 16 open sites in the area. The effort is through a partnership between the city, Calcasieu Parish Police Jury’s Human Services Department, McNeese State University and Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Freezing temperatures didn't reduce insect pressure in Mississippi and Louisiana row crops. Soybean farmers can expect waves of redbanded stinkbugs.
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Once they got started, Louisiana sweet potato farmers made quick work of planting this year’s crop. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report from northeast Louisiana.
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For the past two weeks, combines have been harvesting wheat fields across Louisiana. Producers have been pleased with the yields, and some are planting soybeans right behind their wheat crop.
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A free Selling Your Timber Workshop will be offered on June 19, 2023, at the Claiborne Parish Library in Homer, Louisiana. Featured topics include how to estimate the value of your timber, how to find the best place to sell your timber, how to navigate pitfalls of selling your timber, and how to leave the land healthier after the sale.
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A group of more than 100 sugarcane growers, LSU AgCenter researchers and other interested parties assembled at Joby Beaud’s barn in the LaBarre community north of New Roads to hear the latest about new cane variety developments, weed control and other topics.
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Amid the long commercial thoroughfares and sprawling subdivisions of New Orleans East is a little oasis of fruit trees, chickens and row after of row of leafy greens that Thanh Nguyen tends to so closely that they brush the brim of her wide sun hat.
“It’s hard work but I enjoy it,” Thanh, 77, said in Vietnamese as her 81-year-old husband, Tham, tinkered with a finicky rototiller. “And for (Tham), his doctor said it’s good for him to not just be sitting at home.”
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