State Representative Mike Johnson from Pineville says more than 12 million malnourished trees from the 2023 drought that have become infested with pine beetles need to be taken down. Johnson says Cleco and the Louisiana Department of Transportation have started the process by removing dead trees along roads and highways, but more needs to done with trees on private property.
Read MoreBetween 10 and 20 percent of the workforce at the US Department of Agriculture’s research center in New Orleans—one of four regional headquarters for scientific research supporting farmers across the country —has been fired as part of the Trump Administration’s sweeping federal government layoffs, a source familiar with the situation told WWL Louisiana.
Read MoreIf you’re on the hunt for seafood, but worried the cold snap we’re going through may put a dent in those plans, not to fear! Experts are saying our waters are still offering a plentiful bounty for locals.
Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the crab harvest specifically is standing out.
Read MoreMore than 300 rice researchers from around the world gathered here this week for the 40th biennial Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) meeting to discuss everything from agronomy, breeding, and cytogenics to utilization, weed control, and yield.
Over four days, attendees had their work cut out for them navigating daily schedules, with the event offering more than 151 oral presentations in six discipline panels, multiple committee meetings, three symposia, education sessions, a general session, an industry lunch, an awards lunch, and poster sessions highlighting 102 fledgling research projects.
Read MoreSince Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, Brooke Rollins has been focused on how to build the teams and the plans that impact the trajectory of agriculture and rural America. On that day, while en route with her husband and four teenagers in their motorhome to Auburn, Ala., for the Texas A&M football game, she got a call from now President Donald Trump. The purpose of his call: She was his top choice to fill his final significant cabinet position, Secretary of Agriculture.
Read MoreIt’s National Future Farmers of America Week and students around the country are celebrating.
FFA is a youth organization that educates members on agriculture and prepares them to take on leadership roles.
Read MoreAs sugarcane enters its growing season, inconsistent temperatures pose potential risks for its development. Stuart Gauthier, a county agent with the LSU Ag Center, explains that this time of year is crucial for the crop's growth. "This is the time of year where we need the cane to start growing. Usually, when you get to the end of February, we start making our crop for the next year and getting some green shoots that are hopefully able to make those stalks," Gauthier said.
Read MoreLouisiana Crawfish Company has found themselves in the middle of a federal class action lawsuit over allegedly sending out unsolicited discount offer text messages too early in the morning.
The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California by plaintiff Mason Ibarra ('Plaintiff'), accuses Louisiana Crawfish Company of violating the TCPA by sending at least 10 unsolicited marketing texts before 8 AM.
Read MoreAs part of Black History Month, Louisiana Tech University’s College of Applied and Natural Science is highlighting the achievements of Jazmyn Ford, an alumna who received an Outstanding African American Achievement Award during the Shreveport-Bossier-DeSoto African American Awards Banquet. Ford, a 2020 graduate, has paved a path of excellence from her time at Tech to her current role as a veterinarian at Towne South Animal Hospital in Shreveport.
Read MoreThe gentle hum of machinery and chirping of birds fill the air over a sprawling sugarcane field in Youngsville, Louisiana. For Eddie Lewis III, these sounds are a constant reminder of the long-standing legacy of his family’s farm, where generations have worked the land.
Read MoreHundreds of Louisiana rice farmers are bracing for potential economic fallout as President Donald Trump’s administration considers cutting funds to a U.S. food aid program that purchases and ships their crops to feed the poor in other countries.
Read MoreThe City of Ruston is gearing up for the 75th annual Louisiana Peach Festival with hopes that it’ll continue to make a huge economic impact.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Ruston Main Street Director Amy Stegall said that lasts years event drew in over 27,000 attendees and had an impact of over $1.6 million.
Read MoreCongressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump requesting tariffs on rice imports from India, Thailand, China, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
“Our American rice farmers and mills contribute more than $34 billion to the U.S. economy through jobs, investment, and sales to produce and process high-quality, safe rice,” wrote the lawmakers.
Read MoreOn the fifth day of the LSU AgCenter Livestock Show,LSU AgCenter and 4-H leadership came together to commend a significant donation to the Louisiana 4-H Foundation.
Jeannette Thomason donated $250,000 for renovations of bathhouses at the Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center in Pollock, which hosts 4-H camp programs.
Read MoreHay acreage declined in the southeastern United States in 2024, but the region's hay production rose 2%, and was up 17% in Arkansas, according to the Crop Production Summary from National Agricultural Statistics Service.
In the southeast -- a region comprised of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia -- hay stocks on May 1 reached 2.80 million tons, up 15% from the previous year.
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