Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is working with New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez in reforming the flood insurance program and cap premium increases. Cassidy expects there will be a hearing soon in DC on their legislation.
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In Monday’s Crop Progress report, corn condition improved 4% while soybeans climbed 1%.
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A new report examines a future without glyphosate, showing if glyphosate was no longer a management tool available for farmers, the immediate impact would be costly to the economy, farmers and the environment.
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Identifying climate-smart strategies for water management is the goal of a three-year rice production study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Changyoon Jeong, LSU AgCenter water quality specialist, will lead the study at the Red River Research Station in Bossier City and the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley
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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $8,442,372.84 million in federal grants for hurricane recovery efforts in Southwest Louisiana.
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Fertilizer companies are leading the race to build plants along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to produce ammonia, a compound mainly used for fertilizer, while capturing most of the carbon dioxide emissions. The low-emissions ammonia is known as blue ammonia. The companies have focused on the U.S. Gulf Coast to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies and the existing export infrastructure.
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The Louisiana Master Gardener program, offered by the LSU AgCenter, is designed to train volunteers with a balanced, integrated, and practical course in gardening.
It is a 14-week course focusing on gardening topics based on Louisiana gardening needs. It will include a balance of lectures, student presentations, and hands-on activities.
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Michael Frugé dreamed of improving the quality of rice offered by U.S. brands.
The LSU AgCenter visualized a world where poverty-stricken people with diets heavy on rice could get more protein.
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USDA initiated an aid program last week for victims who have faced discrimination in farm lending programs. The program targets those who were discriminated against before Jan. 1, 2021, or those still in debt from discriminatory USDA farm loans.
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Glyphosate has continued to be a product that spurs intense debate in both the scientific community and the general public.
As the most widely used herbicide in the United States, glyphosate is applied to 87 percent of corn, soybean, and cotton acres. It’s an effective, targeted, cost-efficient weed control tool that enables farmers to add conservation practices such as no-till and cover crops that reduce fuel use and emissions.
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It’s been hot and dry for the most part across most of the southern cotton belt.
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The NCC, as well as many national/regional cotton organizations, joined 400 other agriculture groups on a letter to the House and Senate budget committees’ leadership requesting sufficient budgetary resources to write a new bipartisan, multi-year, comprehensive and meaningful farm bill.
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An elementary school implements a gardening and culinary program to teach students how to prepare recipes using produce grown in their own school garden through the help of a local farmer.
A school district makes changes to its nutrition policy and introduces a life skills course that includes using a vocational kitchen and raising a school garden whose produce is sold at the local farmers market and included in cooking demonstrations for the community.
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This report contains the results from the Crop Progress and Condition weekly survey. The survey is completed by parish extension agents’ visual observations and contact with producers in their parish.
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