Click below for the market report from the latest Red River Livestock Auction.
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Click below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
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Two Louisiana style distilleries are producing products that are reflective of the area’s culture. Bayou Terrebonne Distillers in Houma, La., makes Louisiana-style corn whiskey and rum with roots in moonshining. Oxbow Rum Distillery, Pointe Coupee Parish, La., uses local sugarcane to create fresh, small-batch sipping rums.
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Louisiana sugarcane farmers are entering the home stretch of their harvest, and this year’s crop has been described as a “good one that could have been even better.” LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux tells the story from south Louisiana.
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three subjects for alleged night hunting violations.
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In recognition of his steadfast dedication to his family, his farming operation, his packaged rice business and making the rice industry better today than it was yesterday, Michael Fruge was named the 2024 Farmer of the Year by Horizon Ag, Rice Farming and USA Rice.
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The 2024 Louisiana rice ratoon crop is being harvested in South Louisiana. In general, it has been a fair year for rice production. Early predictions were that the average per-acre yield for the state would be the highest ever. The cropping season started out with milder-than-normal temperatures in late February and early March when much of the rice in South Louisiana is planted. This early planted rice had excellent conditions for germination and stand establishment.
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Cuba and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday aimed at improving rice production on the island.
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Members of the 2025 Rice Leadership Development Class were announced earlier this week during the annual Rice Awards Luncheon at this year’s USA Rice Outlook Conference here. The class is comprised of seven rice industry professionals selected by a committee of agribusiness leaders.
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If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, it could upend the economies of states where farming and other food-related industries are crucial — and where labor shortages abound.
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The federal Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has recommended a reduction in red and processed meat consumption as part of its 2025 Scientific Report, a move that has sparked debate among nutrition experts and food producers.
These guidelines, updated every five years, serve as a foundation for federal nutrition programs and policies, including school lunches and public health initiatives. The committee’s report, which emphasizes health equity and sustainable dietary practices, is intended to function as a guide for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture. The 2025 report has drawn specific attention to its advice to limit red meat intake despite ongoing discussions about its nutritional value.
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Duck Dynasty's five-year run on A&E may have ended, but the family dynasty lives on over seven years later.
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Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit a Palm Beach County, Florida, sugar cane farm with the Florida Sugar Cane League, which hosts tours to connect non-farming residents with local farmers. I joined a group of seniors from a residential neighborhood in the southern part of the county.
I’d never seen sugar cane before, so the trip was eye opening for me. While this doesn’t begin to cover everything I learned, here are seven things I discovered about sugar cane.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is asking state deer hunters for assistance in surveillance for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in connection with a deer at a captive deer farm which tested positive for the disease in Jeff Davis Parish on Nov. 7.
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A half mile under the vast prairie soils of Saskatchewan, Canada, miners employed by Nutrien Ag Solutions work 12-hour shifts, 24/7, digging into a 350-million-year-old dry seabed to deliver a macronutrient that U.S. farmers need every year to grow high-yielding corn and soybean crops: potash.
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