Time is running out for USDA to issue economic relief payments to farmers in the 90-day window set by Congress. According to some sources, producers are banking on the payments, even making business decisions based on projected payment calculations.
Read MoreThe Livestock Show was established by J.W. Fisher, director of the College of Agriculture; Tom J. Jordan, state cooperative extension agents, along with a group of statewide vocational agricultural teachers, agricultural extension workers, and community leaders. The show began as a poultry show. A dairy calf project was added in the second year. That same year, the name was changed to the State Poultry and Dairy Show. The exhibitors were youth from limited-resource families.
Read MoreThe Mississippi River at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to activate Phase I flood fight procedures, officials said.
Read MoreA free program for Northern Louisiana farmers is back. It aims to help new and seasoned growers learn better business and management skills while exploring ‘the ‘farm science’ to support commercial production systems.
Read MoreTwo Louisiana Republican members of Congress have asked President Trump to levy stiff tariffs on imported rice to protect one of the state's most important crops.
Read MoreFuture farmers in Jeff Davis got the chance to learn about agriculture safety today in Elton.
With machinery the size of buildings, safety is the number one priority in the agricultural community, according to Jeff Davis Parish Farm Bureau President Kent Brown.
Read MoreADM Rice made a sale of 88,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. long grain milled rice to Iraq last week, bringing the tonnage to 220,000 MT for the 2024-2025 Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU), surpassing the agreed upon amount of 200,000 MT.
Read MoreIn the past weeks eggs have become a hot commodity, with Trader Joe’s seemingly always out of stock, Walmart’s prices springing from around $4 to more than $8 and Costco limiting the number of cartons customers can purchase.
Read MoreWith another record cold this time of year, some farmers are prepping to make sure their crops will survive until morning. Right now, the crops are covered to protect them, but one local farmer says he’s not too worried about them.
Read MoreThe average price of crawfish, live and boiled, keeps going down this Mardi Gras season.
This weekend’s average prices are $4.10 per pound for live crawfish and $6.49 per pound for boiled crawfish.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter is once again gearing up for AgMagic, its signature educational event that takes visitors on an interactive journey through Louisiana agriculture. AgMagic events will be held in Baton Rouge and the Greater New Orleans area in March.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the Trump administration decision to release $20 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for conservation program contracts signed with farmers under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.
Read MoreAn indicator of farm financial health across the country, Chapter 12 bankruptcy provides farmers and ranchers with increased flexibility for paying off debt, and is used when all other options have been exhausted. AFBF Market Intel reports have long followed annual filings of Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies, through good and bad years for the farm economy.
Read MoreWeather-associated production risk is a part of life for farmers and ranchers. Through heavy rain, hail, snow, winds, fire and drought, farming families prepare land, plant and harvest knowing their livelihoods are reliant on local weather conditions. In 2024, 27 weather disasters, each with damages exceeding $1 billion, struck the U.S. coast-to-coast.
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that USDA will release the first tranche of funding that was paused due to the review of funding in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
In alignment with White House directives, Secretary Rollins will honor contracts that were already made directly to farmers. Specifically, USDA is releasing approximately $20 million in contracts for the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program, and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.
Read More
