The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE) is accepting applications for the 2025 USDA E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship Program. These fellowships introduce faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Hispanic-Serving School Districts to the vast array of USDA resources available to them. The fellowships take place during the summer of 2025, and applications are due by March 6, 2025.
Read MoreGrowing up on a farm in St. Martinville, Brayden Blanchard knew he wanted to make a living doing something related to sugarcane — the crop his family has cultivated for five generations.
Read MoreIf she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as recent as a decade ago: nothing but open, muddy water.
Today, it's covered with impressively tall and thick beds of wild rice.
Read MoreGood Day Farm has opened the South’s largest medical cannabis dispensary in Lake Charles near the major casinos. The 10,000-square-foot facility replaces a smaller location and includes a drive-thru, product displays, and unmedicated taste tests of THC and CBD gummies.
Read MoreOnce a hub of the state’s dairy industry, milk farmers in Tangipahoa Parish have succumbed decades of dominance by conglomerates who control the market.
But thanks to the creativity of a young farmer who was willing to gamble on consumers’ evolving tastes and the doggedness of a state legislator who quickly mastered the quirky nuances of compromise, the industry appears to be on the precipice of a new and potentially exciting era.
Read MoreHidden in the rural stretches of northeastern Louisiana is one of the United States’ oldest archaeological sites. Poverty Point, a prehistoric earthwork built over 3,000 years ago, continues to puzzle scientists.
Read MoreEntergy Louisiana plans to invest in modern, efficient generation facilities and robust transmission infrastructure to support the region and Meta’s data center, featuring a $10 billion investment in Richland Parish.
Read MoreA multistate research team will work with Cotton Belt farmers to develop and test regenerative practices such as winter cover crops, summer-dormant perennial covers, interseeded harvestable covers, and grazing integration.
Read MoreThe Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) received $200,000 during a special presentation on November 29, 2024 at the Southern University Board of Supervisors annual meeting in New Orleans.
Read MoreExperts will offer their insights into what 2025 could hold for agricultural producers at an upcoming LSU AgCenter event.
The second annual Louisiana Agricultural Outlook Forum will be held Jan. 14 at the State Evacuation Shelter near the LSU Alexandria campus. The shelter’s address is 8125 U.S. Highway 71 South.
Read MoreAs many know, typical fly larvae, or maggots, only feed on dead tissue. But that is not the case of the New World screwworm larvae, which feed on live tissue. LSU AgCenter extension veterinarian Christine Navarre said this can lead to more severe and potentially deadly consequences, which threaten livestock and wildlife populations.
Read MoreAs the holiday season approaches, Louisiana is gearing up for the return of one of its most beloved traditions soon after: crawfish season. While it’s not quite here yet, experts are optimistic that the 2025 season will bring an early and plentiful harvest, a welcome change from last year’s challenges.
Read MoreAbout 200 farmers, consultants and other agriculture industry professionals attended the 64th annual Tri-State Soybean Forum last Friday.
They took stock of both the good and bad in soybean production in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Read MoreDozens of high school students and other volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing recycled oyster shells into mesh bags — the first step in a plan to create a "living reef" to fight land loss along the coast in South Louisiana.
The anti-erosion effort is the largest in a series of environmental projects in Louisiana coordinated by the NFL before thousands of football fans flock to New Orleans in February for the Super Bowl.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Economic Development Partnership appointed 11 board members to help promote economic growth throughout the state, and one of them resides in Morehouse Parish.
Meryl Kennedy Farr, the chief executive officer of Kennedy Rice Mill and 4Sisters Rice in Mer Rouge, is now sitting on the board that was established by ACT 590 in the 2024 legislative session, which is known as the “Positioning Louisiana to Win” bill.
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