Confused over this year’s ever-shifting cotton acreage and production numbers? We are, too. So we asked Dr. O.A. Cleveland to explain.
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Soybean harvest has progressed very rapidly. We’ve desiccated probably 90% of the soybeans, and I’m going to say 80% have been harvested. Yields are about average, cutting anywhere from 50 to 95 bu/A, irrigated, obviously, are the ones that are yielding higher. Things are just about over with in regard to soybeans.
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In this episode of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Podcast, Karl Wiggers sits down with Richard Fontenot, the newly elected Louisiana Farm Bureau President and they discuss his busy first month in the new role.
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A farmer in Nebraska celebrated his 80th birthday in a unique way – with a display of over 50 tractors on his family farm.
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The Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery will open to state hunters beginning Aug. 29 and run through Sept. 25, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.
The bear hunt, administered by LDWF, will be confined to Bear Management Area 4, which includes Tensas, Madison, East Carroll and West Carroll parishes and portions of Richland, Franklin and Catahoula parishes. The season will begin Dec. 7, 2024 and run through Dec. 22, 2024.
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4-H, FFA and Jr. MANRRS members, save the date to join us at the 2025 AFBF Convention in San Antonio, Texas on January 26th for the Youth Leadership Program! Stay tuned for information on how to register this fall.
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The Dean Lee Research and Extension Center will play host to the Soybean Production School on September 10th from 4 to 6 PM with activities starting at the Sate Evacuation Shelter near the LSU-A campus.
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Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas rice producers that qualify as Historically Underserved (HU) according to NRCS definitions have until Friday, August 30, to apply for the Rice Stewardship Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities project. Producers with a history of growing rice have the option to choose from a variety of management and structural practices and create a contract customized to fit their operation.
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According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Louisiana, there were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, August 25, 2024. Topsoil moisture supplies were 23 percent very short, 54 percent short, 23 percent adequate, and 0 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 22 percent very short, 40 percent short, 38 percent adequate, and 0 percent surplus.
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The USDA has issued payments to 43,000 persons, most in Mississippi and Alabama, who completed applications detailing how they experienced discrimination in the Agriculture Department’s lending programs before January 2021.
The next highest number of awards to both categories of farmers were 2,926 in Oklahoma, 2,170 in Georgia, 1,584 in Tennessee, 1,456 in Arkansas, 1,376 in North Carolina, 1,369 in South Carolina, 1,311 in Texas, 1,265 in Louisiana and 1,059 in California.
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As the interest in solar power grows with federal incentives in place, Louisiana lawmakers are looking for a set of guardrails for companies to follow to cut back on the controversy.
“We are definitely not anti-solar or wind. We just want it done correctly. We want to make sure that it fits into our that the way the state you know, the way the people live and work and play,” said state Rep. Troy Romero, R-Jennings.
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This report contains the results from the 2024 Cash Rents Survey.
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It’s 106 days until the 2024 USA Rice Outlook Conference (December 8-10) opens here and as always, the educational programming is going to be top notch.
“We follow what we call ‘the Richard Fontenot Principle,’” said Michael Klein, USA Rice vice president of communications & strategic development. “Richard once told me that if we don’t provide practical programming that growers can take back to their operations and put to use, it’s going to be a difficult proposition to get them to leave the farm to join us.”
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We have all heard about the high prices and low production during crawfish season. Well, now it’s time for rice harvest.
When driving in Southwest Louisiana, it’s pretty easy to spot a field of rice. But some may not be aware of the impact those rice fields have.
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Recent 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. Predicting these weather extremes is nearly impossible at times, but advanced planning can help livestock producers minimize the impacts of these events.
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