In the late 1980s, a group of 4-H Junior Leaders in Vermilion Parish was itching to do something fun for a summer club activity.
“They did not have the resources to take a trip to, back then, Six Flags in Houston,” recalled Mark Shirley, a coastal specialist based in the parish. “There wasn’t a Blue Bayou Water Park in Baton Rouge yet or things like that.”
Read MoreThe Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association (LACA) is hosting the Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference at Paragon Casino Resort, in Marksville, February 7-9, 2024.
Read MoreSoybean production guidelines are prepared by LSU AgCenter cooperating personnel from Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station researchers and by Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service specialists.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter and Fletcher Technical Community College are partnering to present two precision agriculture summits in early 2024.
The first event will be Jan. 17 at the State Evacuation Shelter, 8125 U.S. Highway 71, adjacent to the LSU Alexandria campus. The second is scheduled for Feb. 23 at Fletcher’s main campus, 1407 state Highway 311 in Schriever.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter will host a daylong agricultural outlook forum Jan. 10 to help crop, timber and cattle producers prepare for economic decisions they will face in 2024.
The forum will be held at the State Evacuation Shelter, 8125 U.S. Highway 71, adjacent to the LSU Alexandria campus.
Read MoreDiscover Monroe-West Monroe has won bids for four national cattle shows in 2024 and 2025. The cattle shows are estimated to bring over $1 million in economic impact to Ouachita Parish.
Read MoreIn St. Landry Parish, where soybeans, rice and sugarcane typically flourish, a new crop is rising high above one field.
On a 12-acre plot in the south Louisiana parish, Pat Deshotels and Matthew Indest have grown hemp three times, but this crop — standing thick in the field with tall, slender stalks leading to bunches of green leaves — is their most successful.
Read MoreGiambri’s candy canes are made almost entirely of sugar — and all are made by hand.
To find out more, we went to the land of Mardi Gras and jazz bands. Why? Because Louisiana is also the home of sugarcane. We drove an hour and a half west of New Orleans to visit one farm.
Read MoreHigher temperatures and little rain during the summer and fall months caused Louisiana cattle and hay producers to suffer significant losses, and matters could worsen through the winter.
Read MoreMost of the worst drought conditions have weakened in the state, but it still made a dent in the plant nursery and garden industry in Central Louisiana.
Read MoreThe Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) will receive $73.77 million from the federal government to assist in building the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) project, which will provide an efficient gateway for the movement of cargo on the Mississippi River and the inland waterways of the United States.
Read MoreEvery area of Louisiana still is experiencing drought, even though some corners have seen conditions ease a bit after much needed rains.
But a swath across the state, including Rapides Parish, remains in an exceptional drought, the most extreme category recognized by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Read MoreGovernor-elect Jeff Landry announced appointments to the Louisiana Department of Health, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Department of Children and Family Services.
Read MoreU.S. Representative Garret Graves (Louisiana) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is purchasing up to $36 million of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Wild-Caught Shrimp. This will alleviate pressure felt by Louisiana’s shrimp industry caused by natural disasters, higher fuel prices, labor and supply chain issues, and the effects of foreign governments flooding the market with illegally caught, foreign, farmed seafood. This purchase will also provide schools, food banks, and disaster-stricken households with another sustainable, nutritious source of protein.
Read MoreCloseouts fell another $10 deeper into the red for cattle feeders last week as losses totaled an average of $110 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker. Meanwhile, beef packers saw their margins improve $44 per head, pulling packer margins out of the red and $28 into the black. Cattle feeders have now seen a month’s worth of losses on closeouts.
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