As the 2025 crop production season begins, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
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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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Large events often produce a significant amount of food waste. However, over the Super Bowl LIX weekend, a national organization worked with Louisiana student volunteers to minimize the huge party's environmental impact.
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Acadiana Congressman Clay Higgins has asked President Trump to increase tariffs and trade enforcement on shrimp, crawfish and other imported seafood to protect one of Louisiana signature industries.
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Louisiana is known around the world for the shrimp, the crawfish and the catfish, but where does it all come from? KALB’s Johnny Atkinson met up with a couple of old-fashioned fishermen from Moreauville in Avoyelles Parish who caught a 100+ pound catfish.
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With more than 20% of U.S. agricultural production destined for foreign markets, agricultural exports are vital to the financial success of U.S. farmers. Exports not only allow U.S. farmers to find additional customers among the over 95% of the world population that lives outside of our borders but also add value for farmers as many foreign customers are looking for products for which Americans find little or no value. For instance, consumers in Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries are willing to pay premiums for fruit; and while certain animal parts, such as beef tongue or chicken feet, are undesirable in the United States, they are delicacies in other cultures, and so add value to U.S. production through trade.
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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump, requesting tariffs and increased trade enforcement for seafood imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
“Domestic shrimpers, fishermen, and crawfish producers in Louisiana and across the country face significant challenges competing against foreign seafood industries that are heavily subsidized and engage in illegal dumping into the United States,” Congressman Higgins wrote.
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They say those who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it, and The Rice Stuff podcast is here for you. Dr. Steve Linscombe, a life-long learner himself, asked four of the most distinguished and venerated rice farmers in the country to sit down with him to talk about their lifetime of experiences.
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4-H offers Louisiana youth a wealth of personal growth opportunities that assist in developing well-rounded adult members of society a few years down the road. Yet sometimes navigating the actual roads to camps and workshops can be difficult for those who lack reliable transportation. That’s where 4-H supporters have stepped up.
Several parishes have acquired vans thanks to local support, said Lanette Hebert, 4-H coordinator for the LSU AgCenter Southwest Region.
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As the 2025 crop production season begins, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
“Each spring, the agriculture industry anticipates USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, which provides initial survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,” said NASS Louisiana State Statistician Kathy Broussard.
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The farm economy has been tightening for years and now, 2025 could be make or break for some farmers. With that in mind, the MidSouth Farm and Gin Show is focusing on programming to help farmers find small ways to reduce expenses or increase profitability, according to the show’s director Tim Price.
“We’ve been in a cycling of tightening belts on farms and in agricultural budgets for a while now,” Price explains.
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For entomologist Aaron Ashbrook, the insect-rich environment of Louisiana is a fascinating place to work.
“We have more insects in this climate,” he said. “Subtropical areas, like we are in, that warmer temperature and humidity allows for insects to be alive longer, allows them to reproduce more and have more generations per year.”
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After a full week of lower prices, the market renewed its teasing with four consecutive days of higher moves. That appeared positive until one realized that the weekly March settlement was only 65.63 – up a few meager 10 or so points on the week.
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Louisiana farmers, along with their counterparts across the nation, are urging Congress to pass a new farm bill this year, expressing concerns that the current safety net is inadequate to address rising costs. The urgency was palpable at the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio, where attendees packed a session on the upcoming farm bill.
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