Gov. John Bel Edwards in partnership with Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Alan Davidson, state Representative Daryl Deshotel, ConnectLA and Swyft Telecom broke ground on the largest GUMBO project in the state that will bring high-speed affordable and reliable internet to 9,140 households and 535 small businesses in Avoyelles Parish.
Read MoreRobert and Rachel Duncan received the Young Farmer and Ranchers Achievement Award at the Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in June.
Their land has been home to the Duncans for over 70 years. Now, after many attempts to win the award, the Duncans can relieve that weight off of their shoulders.
Read MoreThe theme of this year’s 4-H University was “Excel” and hundreds of extraordinary students from across the state did just that, winning and placing in a variety of categories from e-sports to insect identification and beyond.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for July 2023, which are effective July 3, 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.
Read MoreRice harvest is already under way in the Everglades Agricultural Area of southern Florida and will soon begin in southwest Louisiana and in Texas, west of Houston.
Florida Crystals in western Palm Beach County began harvest late last week with their medium grain variety Titan. While it is too early to gauge the crop as yet, yields appear promising.
Read MoreSugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugar industry. Therefore, variety selection is one of the most important decisions on the farm. This decision has long term consequences. The goal is to maximize profitability on every acre of the farm for each year of a long crop cycle.
Read MoreThe hot and dry summer we’ve been experiencing is likely to limit the yields for some of the state’s key crops, like rice. Louisiana Rice Specialist Ronnie Levy with the LSU Ag Center said if planted late in the season, anything flowering now could affect pollination.
Read MoreWith a heat wave gripping Louisiana, scores of farmers sweated, sipped water and shaded themselves with hats and event programs as they toured the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station during its annual field day June 28.
Read MoreGov. John Bel Edwards recently concluded the 2023 legislative session with his approval to ban foreign adversaries from purchasing land and vetoing several transgender-related bills.
Edwards took action Friday on a long list of legislation that included his promise to veto three controversial bills involving transgender youth, and approval of several tax credits, education changes, and other measures involving renewable energy leases, ports, and rural infrastructure.
Read MoreRobert and Rachel Duncan are bringing their Rapides Parish bounty from farm to table - from a juicy ribeye steak to a vase of sunflowers or zinnias.
And that's in addition to tending to three daughters ages 4, 2 and 1 and 500 acres of soybeans on their fourth-generation Boyce farm in Rapides Parish.
Read MoreEarlier this month, a small shipment of U.S. rice was exported and unloaded here by a private importer, marking one of the first commercial sales to Cuba in many years. In recent years, sporadic shipments of U.S. rice have made it into the country, but primarily on a charitable basis.
Read MoreA new crop disease reference guide co-edited by two LSU AgCenter-affiliated plant pathologists is designed to aid students, crop consultants and producers for decades to come.
“Diseases of Field Crops,” a 400-page reference guide, details disease symptoms of 22 major field crops with more than 800 high-quality photographs.
Read MoreLSU AgCenter animal scientists studying adipose tissue in cattle say their findings could have human health implications.
AgCenter animal scientist Xing Fu currently manages two research programs. The first one is a biomedical research program using mice as a model to conduct health-related research, and the second is an agricultural research program primarily focusing on the improvement of beef cattle meat quality.
Read MoreA closer look at the region’s H-2A labor certification requests indicates that most workers work in the fruit, vegetable, and horticulture industries. The smaller business scales of these Southern industries relative to their peers in other regions can partially explain the region’s strong demand for H-2A workers.
Read MoreThe federal government has announced its approval of a disaster declaration over damage to Louisiana fisheries due to three 2020 hurricanes, opening the door to federal aid for commercial fishers.
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