Crawfish season might as well be a holiday in Louisiana because of its popularity. This year might not be the greatest year for the mudbugs because of Mother Nature.
“We are hoping for a good season. That's always a great way to promote Louisiana. You know, every year we take one lucky crawfish, and we pardon it,” said Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser.
Read MoreLSU Ag Center Crawfish Specialist Mark Shirley warns crawfish connoisseurs that 2024 will be one of the worst mudbug seasons on record as far as prices and supply are concerned. He says it’s so dire farmers are averaging one to two mudbugs a trap.
Read MoreThe $36 million purchase from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the Louisiana shrimping industry was done to help alleviate some of the issues the industry has been struggling with for years.
United States Senator John Kennedy (R- La) says although he applauds the purchase, more still needs to be done to save the industry.
Read MoreA livestock economist says cattle markets are starting 2024 in a much better position than they were last year. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says markets performed well last week. “We called cattle up $2.50 this week with the early information,” he says. “I’ll say that’s about $1.75 for fed cattle prices that gets us there. Just realize we started 2023 with $1.58 for fed cattle.”
Read MoreA watermelon cultivar developed at the now closed LSU AgCenter Calhoun Research Station has been nominated for boarding onto the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
The Red-N-Sweet is a 1987 LSU release. Its disease resistance, dark red flesh and intense sweetness made it a regionally popular watermelon until the late 1990s.
Read MoreThanks 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.
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