Your immediate concern for 2024 may be whether soil moisture fully recharges in your area before spring. However, another far-reaching impact from the drought occurring thousands of miles from your farm could also influence grain prices. Lack of moisture also affects transportation options and costs for grain headed for export.
Read MoreVariety selection is one of the most important decisions a cotton producer will make. The variety and its associated traits set the stage for harvest at the time of planting. All other input decisions affect the performance of the variety selected. Since the introduction of transgenic cottons and the accompanying increases in seed costs and associated technology fees, variety selection has become increasingly important. Seed selection is the one decision that is not influenced by environmental factors. Therefore, choosing a high-yielding variety with acceptable fiber quality that is adapted to local growing conditions should be considered carefully because of the tremendous importance the decision plays for the entire season.
Read MoreA multidisciplinary team of researchers recently received a $1.6 million award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to support a variety of projects centering on the troubling phenomenon of roseau cane die-back.
Read MoreRay Young, who with his wife, Dorothy, were the benefactors of the Young School of Business, died Sunday, Jan. 21, at his home surrounded by family. He was 94.
Read MoreBe sure to mark February 6-7 on your 2024 calendar. Those are the dates of the annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League. The League, founded in 1922, depends on the continued support of the sugarcane industry’s growers, millers and landowner members and we’d like everyone to be there.
Read MoreThe 2023 Louisiana Outstanding Master Farmer Award, one new certification and nine recertifications were presented during a meeting of the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts Jan. 9 in Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Master Farmer Program is a multiagency effort led by the LSU AgCenter that encourages conservation and environmental stewardship. It was created more than two decades ago to help producers improve soil health, water quality and sustainability.
Read MoreLouisiana’s new Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Madison Sheahan wants to bring a great customer service experience to hunters and fishermen. Sheahan says since taking on her new role two weeks ago, she’s been meeting with staff to see how the state agency can run more efficiently.
Read MoreA Louisiana woman set a record for growing the state’s largest cabbage, weighing in at more than 44 pounds.
Home gardener Jenny Bourg, of Bourg, about an hour southwest of New Orleans, grew the giant Sapporo cabbage in her backyard, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Read MoreIt's been nearly two years since the start of the worst avian flu outbreak on record — but Louisiana has avoided any commercial or backyard flock infections.
Read MoreLouisiana’s crawfish harvest is expected to hit a historic low in 2024, attributed to adverse weather conditions including drought.
The scarcity of the harvest is anticipated to drive prices up.
Read MoreA celebration of the life of Mayther Ray Young will be held at First Baptist Church of Wisner at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol celebrated notable progress in 2023, with an increase in enrolled planted cotton acres – up 25% from the previous year. Since the program’s launch in 2020, grower enrollment has successively increased by 120%, further advancing the Trust Protocol’s commitment to meeting environmental goals while sourcing sustainable, American grown cotton.
Read MoreFrom 2014 to 2019, we considered, facetiously, renaming our cost of production program from Profit Manager to Least Loss Manager. There were some ugly years in there, many of which would have been substantial losses without insurance or government payments.
Read MoreMarshal Sewell, a strawberry grower in Plant City, Florida, is spotlighted in new Ad Council public service announcements encouraging farmers and rural residents to get mental health help.
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