Thanks to increased support from leading agricultural and food companies Cargill and UNFI, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) is excited to announce an expanded 2024 Acres: Cultivating Equity in Black Agriculture cohort that includes farmers and ranchers from across the U.S., including 3 from Louisiana.
In its second year, Acres trains and certifies Black farmers and ranchers as diverse suppliers.
Read MoreIf you’ve enjoyed a crawfish boil in Colorado before 2024, it was illegal. That’s right — Colorado has had a longstanding ban on mudbugs.
But not anymore. As of Jan. 1, Coloradans can legally import, transport and possess Louisiana crawfish — officially named the red swamp crayfish — for human consumption.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center will host its 2nd Boots and Bling Affair on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Southern University’s campus.
Funds raised from the Boots and Bling Affair will be used to provide scholarship awards and necessary equipment for SU Ag Center’s youth Livestock Show exhibitors.
Read MoreStealing a word from the Varner Boys, cotton trading began the New Year just as it ended the old one –“boring.” That is changing this marketing year. Don’t ask me how, why, or when. I do not know that yet. We will figure it out together.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol today announced that growers can now enroll in the initiative and apply for the U.S. Climate Smart Cotton Program, presenting a transformative opportunity and offering a range of benefits that go beyond sustainability.
Read MoreWhen husband-and-wife team Cole and Caroline Frey came back to the family cattle, crawfish, soybean, sugar cane and rice operation in 2019, they jumped into learning all the enterprises. However, Cole's father, Matt, challenged him to take the cattle operation to the next level. A lifelong horseman like his dad, Cole didn't hesitate. "I jumped on the Master Cattleman program to get every little piece of information I could get my hands on."
Read MoreLouisiana Sugarcane Cooperative located in St. Martinville processes sugar from nine parishes. Ag. Division Manager John Hebert said the sugarcane yield from the summers crop were the effects of the drought.
Read MoreWayne Thurmon, Drew Smart, and Jeff Landry joined Ashley Doughty to discuss the 2024 AG Expo.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter and LSU College of Agriculture announced the winners of their annual faculty and staff awards during a joint ceremony with the Southern University Ag Center and Southern University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences Dec. 13 at the LSU Union Theatre.
Read MoreCrawfish are hard to come by in Louisiana so far this season, and producers say the fall's hot, dry weather is to blame. People are starting to notice since crawfish is a popular dish to serve around the holidays from Thanksgiving through Easter.
Read MoreWhen he was young, Glen Gentry had dreams of one day running a ranch. Having grown up around cattle north of Baton Rouge, he enjoyed working with animals and inherited his father’s and grandfather’s passion for agriculture.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Forestry Association has announced that it is celebrating Arbor Day by giving away 1,000 seedlings on Friday, Jan. 19.
Read MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR! May you and your family have a HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS 2024.
As we say goodbye to 2023, we all can say “I learned a lesson or two”. We learned that when MA Nature shuts off the water for several months what we have to do to survive.
Read MoreWhen lawmakers return from vacation next week, they will once again be tasked with passing 12 budget bills to keep government agencies running. In 2022, Congress approved all appropriations packages in one bill known as the “omnibus.” This time around, Republicans have insisted on voting for each appropriations package separately.
As part of the compromise reached in November to avoid a government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson created two deadlines for Congress to pass new budgets.
Read MoreThe Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools and help connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for school meals. Grants can launch new farm to school programs or expand existing efforts.
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