The annual meetings of the Louisiana Farm Bureau and its related companies are to be held at its 102nd annual convention and are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 30, 2024; however, these meetings may begin earlier or later, depending on the time of adjournment of the session of the House of Voting Delegates of Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, in partnership with FarmRaise, today launched a new, online Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) Decision Tool. The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) tool is designed to assist agricultural producers who have been impacted by natural disasters access available program support. This ELAP Decision Tool, a component of a broader disaster assistance program educational module, further expands the library of online FSA disaster and farm loan program reference resources and decision aids currently available to agricultural producers on the FarmRaise FSA educational hub.
Read MoreJust after the strawberry season ends in Louisiana, the blueberry season begins! Blueberries are a popular pick-your-own-berry in Louisiana, and Bachman Blueberries is the place to go. The blueberry season in Louisiana typically lasts from June through July, so make some time to visit this berry farm in Louisiana soon!
Bachman Blueberries is a farm in Bush, Louisiana where visitors can pick their own blueberries.
Read MoreLED FastStart is hosting an online résumé drop-off event to give job seekers the opportunity to learn more about growing companies in central and northwest Louisiana and apply for open positions.
The event will be held online on Wednesday, June 5, from 4 to 7 p.m. Job seekers can register in advance here, or anytime throughout the event. Attendees are asked to have a digital copy of their résumé available for the event.
Read MoreIn this quarterly installment of the Delta Rancher, we have a timely write up from Dr Twidwell, our state forage extension specialist that outlines several warm season annual options. We are quickly approaching the planting date for many of these varieties. The addition of a warm season annual can dramatically change the game for a producer when they are developing a summertime grazing plan! Next, we have an article from Dr Neely Heidorn, our state equine extension specialist that gives us some quality recommendations on feeding an aging horse.
Read MoreFrom the performance of the latest Provisia® and Clearfield® varieties to updates on promising lines in development and a new agreement with the LSU AgCenter, the 2024 Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day is where the industry comes together to celebrate rice country.
The event is scheduled for June 24 at Richard Farms, located at 5632 Louisiana Highway 700 here in Kaplan, with registration at 4:30 p.m. ahead of a field tour at 5 p.m. The tour will be followed by presentations from Horizon Ag, LSU AgCenter and industry rice specialists.
Read MoreWith the first heat advisory of 2024 being announced, the LSU AgCenter LaHouse Research and Education Center is offering advice to homeowners to keep their homes comfortable more efficiently this summer.
“Higher temperatures don’t necessarily mean higher energy bills,” said LaHouse director Carol Friedland. “There are many different projects for homeowners to improve their home’s energy efficiency to lower their spending this summer.”
Read MoreThe Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515, (CACR) to further implement the policy announced by the Biden-Harris Administration on May 16, 2022 to increase support for the Cuban people.
These regulatory amendments update and clarify authorizations in support of internet-based services to promote internet freedom in Cuba, support independent Cuban private sector entrepreneurs, and expand access to certain financial services for the Cuban people.
Read MoreCotton will come around. But as we have repeatedly commented, the 2024 crop will have to be priced in 2025, most likely based on the May 2025 contract. It is just going to take that long before mills will approach 85% spinning capacity. Neither U.S. nor world carryover are burdensome. Thus, the inching upward of demand will pull prices along.
Read MoreGov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would have directed state agriculture officials to set up programs targeting areas of the state where it's difficult to obtain fresh produce.
The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 287, which would have established grant or loan programs among qualified non-profit groups or local banks. The public-private partnerships would have been subject to competitive bidding.
Read MoreAlthough the U.S. The Department of Agriculture approved emergency financial relief for struggling crawfish farmers, the 2023 drought’s impact could linger into next year and beyond, an LSU AgCenter professor surmises.
“Louisiana’s crawfish aquaculture industry will experience impacts from the 2023 drought for several seasons before an economic recovery is complete,” writes C. Greg Lutz, a professor in the LSU AgCenter’s Aquaculture Research Station, in his latest column, The Lutz Report, on TheFishSite.com.
Read MoreRecent weather extremes, which include record heat and cold as well as drought and flooding, have made it especially difficult to maintain the health and production of livestock in Louisiana.
Read MoreGillian Eggleston, director of the LSU AgCenter’s Audubon Sugar Institute, has become only the third woman to win the prestigious Crystal Award for Achievement in Sugar Technology since its inception in 1961.
Read MoreLSU alumni celebrated their Southern roots by boiling 750 pounds of crawfish in front of the Empire State Building.
The event, held at the LSU alum-owned Legends bar across from the iconic skyscraper, was organized by the local NYC chapter of the LSU Alumni Association.
Read MoreOn Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture convened to consider its version of the 2024 Farm Bill, formally known as H.R. 8467, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, ultimately passing the measure by a bipartisan vote of 33 to 21.
This “markup” process allows Committee members to vote to accept or reject amendments offered to the bill by other members of the Committee. The session lasted approximately 11 hours, with the Committee approving a handful of amendments that aren’t directly impactful to the U.S. rice industry.
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