Cenla students will soon get the chance to showcase their hard work and talents at the upcoming 4H Livestock Show.
Jessie McDowell, a market lamb exhibitor from Deville, has been showing her animals in 4H for eight years.
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Planted rice acreage that was once predictable has shifted patterns, with acres inching higher the past three consecutive years. That, in addition to hurricane weather, tightened seed supply for one of the largest players in the market.
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A new law is now in affect across the state requiring restaurants to provide transparency on where they are sourcing their seafood.
Louisiana Law Act 148 became effective on Jan. 1, and requires restaurants that serve seafood to have the origins of their seafood listed on their menus.
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We hope to see you in Memphis, Tennessee on Jan. 27 at the Conservation System Cotton & Rice Conference at the Hilton Hotel East Memphis, where Dr. Tim Walker, Horizon Ag CEO, will be leading two conference breakout sessions entitled Provisia Rice: Past Lessons Set Stage for Future Success. During these session, Dr. Walker will share key learnings from recent seasons that can help rice farmers best manage Provisia varieties and the Provisia Rice System for the 2025 season.
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U.S. cotton growers can now enroll in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and apply for the Climate Smart Cotton Program for the 2025 crop year. Grower enrollment specialists are available to provide personalized, regional-specific support, answer questions, and guide producers through the process
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs – Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) as well as Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC). Agricultural producers can submit applications to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) for ARC and PLC for the 2025 crop year from Jan. 21 to April 15 and for DMC for the 2025 coverage year from Jan. 29 to March 31.
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On a warm Saturday in October, conservationist Dean Wilson guided his boat through a channel in the Atchafalaya Basin, pointing out hollowed-out Bald cypress trees where minks, raccoons and otters nest during high water.
The basin is the largest remaining contiguous track of wetland forest in North America — and a place Wilson knows well.
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Howdy folks! I had to come here to clear up some of the messaging going around social media, and regular media regarding the potential for Arctic air to move into Louisiana by late next weekend into the week after. Along with this cold, some models are showing the potential for wintry precipitation across Louisiana. Here’s the crazy thing. We just did this over the last 10 days.
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Louisiana corn area harvested is 440,000, down 35 percent from 2023. The average yield is estimated at 185 bushels per acre, up 10 bushels from last year. Production totaled 81.4 million bushels, down 32 percent from 2023.
Upland cotton harvested acres is 148,000, up 29 percent from 2023. The yield is expected to average 1,070 pound.
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The Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program provides funds for improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.
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More farmers may be seeking USDA Farm Service Agency direct and guaranteed loans this winter because of the financial situations they find themselves in due to multiple years of high input costs, low commodity prices and adverse weather conditions.
For that reason, they need to be aware that FSA administrators have launched several new programs aimed at improving the lending process, including a Farm Loan Assistance Tool designed to help guide them through USDA’s lending programs.
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The International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance tentatively agreed to a new contract Wednesday night, averting a strike at East and Gulf coast ports. The two sides had been engaged in extended negotiations for the past three months following a brief dockworker strike in October.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) warns of potential fish kills along the coast as freezing temperatures and an arctic blast sweep across the state. Fisheries biologist Jason Adriance says water temperatures haven’t dropped enough yet.
“We still have water temperatures in the low-50 to mid-60. So, this is just a reminder to folks to be aware that this can happen.”
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After multiple substitute motions to align the Rapides Parish School Board 2025-26 calendar with dates for the Rapides Parish Fair, members decided to delay action until a special meeting later this month.
Member Sandra Franklin started the 35-minute conversation when she said the board needed "to start investing in our young people and options." Louisiana is a state heavily invested in agriculture and forestry, she said, and students should be educated about that.
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