The rodeo will be in Lake Charles this week.
The John Deere Sunshine 85th Annual Southwest District Livestock Show & Rodeo has a three-day run in Lake Charles from Feb. 1-3.
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Last month, I advised anticipating a record (not trend line, but a record) 2024 national average corn yield in your marketing strategy. Then, in USDA’s annual production summary, the national average corn yield increased 2.4 bu. per acre from November to a record 177.3 bu. per acre. To get to that number, USDA took 583,000 of the worst-yielding acres out of the harvested acreage tally.
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Louisiana’s crawfish harvest is expected to hit a historic low in 2024.
Crawfish specialists in Louisiana are attributing the conditions to adverse weather conditions, including drought.
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Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) is now accepting applications for the 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS).
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This report contains the results from the 2024 January Milk Production Report.
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The LSU AgCenter will hold its annual Precision Agriculture Summit Feb. 16 near Alexandria.
The event was originally slated for Jan. 17. Winter weather caused it to be rescheduled.
A joint effort of the AgCenter and Fletcher Technical Community College, the summit will take place at the State Evacuation Shelter, 8125 U.S. Highway 71, adjacent to the LSU Alexandria campus.
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A Georgia sheep dog was named the 2024 Farm Dog of the Year.
Skippy, a 4-year-old mixed breed, won the award at the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Salt Lake City.
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The port will receive funding through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) competitive Grant Program, which aims to advance the Biden Administration’s priorities for rebuilding US infrastructure by funding multimodal freight and highway projects.
Port NOLA received a total of $300 million in government grants, including the $226 million INFRA Grant and $73.77 million from the MEGA Grant Program, to assist the first phase of the $1.8 billion container terminal building project.
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As emissions become a greater concern, farmers are implementing various strategies to address and reduce methane produced by livestock.
Seaweed is one of those tools on which studies such as a recent one conducted by Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are looking to prove efficacy.
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If an immigration-labor deal develops in Congress, the American Farm Bureau Federation might be willing to accept caps on the number of visas for a year-round agricultural worker program.
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) convention in Salt Lake City on Tuesday voted for changes in the group's policy book used to lobby Congress for legislation.
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Arguably, no cuisine is as closely tied to its region as Cajun cuisine in Louisiana. This cooking style comes from the Acadians (early French settlers in the region of Canada known as Acadie, now Nova Scotia) who migrated to Louisiana after being driven out by the British in the 1700s. After settling in Louisiana, the Acadians adapted their French recipes to what was available in their new home.
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The Louisiana Sugarcane Industry has now completed 229 years of commercial sugar production. Considering it’s the northernmost sugarcane growing region in the world, that’s certainly something to be proud of.
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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.
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Variety 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.
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