The Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) will host the 2nd Annual Vino on the Bluff Wine Tasting Fundraiser at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2023 at the Southern University Cultural and Heritage Center, G. Leon Netterville Dr., on the Southern University campus.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission will host its next saddle microchipping event on Thursday, October 19, from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. It will be held at the Louis A. Mouch Jr. Multi-Purpose Facility, located at 210 Turner Drive in Port Allen, Louisiana.
Read MoreOctober is the month where cattlemen and farmers can see the “light at the end of the tunnel”, the question is; is the light the end of harvest season or another challenge- more drought or another wildfire? We have had some challenges this year in Louisiana agriculture, to say the least.
Read MoreStep into the lush landscapes of Louisiana, where agriculture is the backbone of the community. This state is teeming with a variety of crops, from towering sugarcane to sprawling rice fields. This article focuses on the top crops that add serious value to Louisiana’s economy and fill our dinner plates with Southern goodness.
Read MoreCelebrating the 73rd Annual Louisiana Cattle Festival, many people said they are glad the festival is back downtown, giving the true essence of celebrating the cattle industry.
“The Cattle Festival has not been downtown since 2017, and so to be bringing that back here in the true essence of the festival really reigns in a tradition and the legacy that this festival honors with the Cattle farmers and producers of our state and in the charming downtown street of Abbeville it’s pretty surreal to be back here and then to offer this free to the public,” Victoria Bourque, vice president of the Louisiana Cattle Festival, said.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter kicked off the semester by recognizing scientists for their research projects that have been awarded patents while others received career achievement and intellectual property awards.
Read MoreOn October 3, 2023, agents with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission arrested 49-year-old Louis Michael Hess, of Houma, La., on a warrant for theft of livestock. The arrest resulted from an investigation conducted by Livestock Brand Inspectors and a subsequent arrest warrant from Tangipahoa Parish.
Read MoreThe Beauregard Parish Fair is celebrating its 94th year, and this year’s theme is life, liberty, and the pursuit of agriculture.
“It means a lot to our community, we have a lot of farmers and agriculture, not only with agriculture but livestock as well,” Fair board member LeeAnn Cooley said.
Read MoreAfter close to a week of reading about the potential drinking water crisis in Louisiana, the public has many questions. Louisiana is my home state, and I still have loved ones living in the area in crisis. Note, many of the photos in this story are ones we took. We, too, are worried about how to keep them safe. We also want to know more about what is happening.
Read MoreMillions of potential cover crop acres that may help reduce farming’s greenhouse gas emissions could be lost under a plan to shift $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, funding from conservation programs to increasing price guarantees for farm subsidy programs.
Although many of the states that got the most payments were in the Midwest, the state with the largest EQIP payments for cover crops was Tennessee, at $45.8 million. Louisiana was also in the top 10 states, at number nine, with almost $18.9 million.
Read MoreThe West Louisiana Forestry Festival is in full swing on the Vernon Parish fairgrounds.
The festival is held Oct. 4-8 and includes live music and DJs, roping contests, livestock, vendors and more.
There are special admissions for senior citizens, military and students, each on a respective day of the fair.
Read MoreOn September 28, investigators with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Enforcement Division arrested Laura C. Mclaughlin of Pitkin, LA, for a second time for obstruction of justice.
Read MoreA proposed grain terminal would harm the setting, characteristics and economies of three historic Mississippi River plantations and a cemetery in the nearly all-Black community of Wallace in St. John the Baptist Parish, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined.
The findings are part of an environmental review the Corps conducted on the proposed construction of the Greenfield grain terminal, a $400 million grain elevator complex in a historic Black community around Whitney Plantation.
Read MoreCommercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive.
The latest hurdle comes from a slow-moving threat — a mass influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico that is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River.
Read MoreThe average farmer age in the United States is around age 60, a concerning statistic for an agriculture-driven country and community in Central Louisiana. That is why the Vernon Parish Cattlemen’s Association (VPCA) is recruiting the next generation of farmers by hosting its Youth Farm Day at the Porter and Son’s Ranch in Leesville.
Those students learned about farm safety, animal health, beef quality assurance, agriculture careers and farm programs from the LSU Ag Center, McNeese State University, Louisiana Wildlife and Forestry and the Louisiana Farm Bureau.
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