U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding already being provided to indemnify growers for depopulated flocks.
Read MoreAs trade tariffs continue to impact the economy, Louisiana farmers are feeling the strain of rising costs and shifting market prices. Ryan Yerby, a fourth-generation commercial farmer and owner of Tareau Farms in Colfax, shared his perspective on how the tariffs are affecting local agriculture and what consumers are facing.
Read MoreMeta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced plans to build a $10 billion AI data center in northeast Louisiana.
To power the massive data center, Entergy Louisiana is investing $6 billion in electric infrastructure, including a 10,000-acre solar farm, three natural gas turbines, and 100 miles of new transmission lines.
With H5N1, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, on the rise a recent LSU AgCenter hire is bringing a set of skills to his research seldom seen in the field of poultry science — a mechanical engineering degree.
Read MoreCrawfish are kind of our thing here in Louisiana. We're known across the U.S. for them to the point where whenever anyone sees a crawfish they immediately think of Louisiana.
Well, what if we told you that there's a place in Idaho that boasts a native species of crawfish that can grow about twice the size of what we catch in Louisiana and apparently are "the best tasting crawfish in the world"?
Read MoreMost action starts with a spark, a catalyst to do something. Louisiana 4-H was igniting that spark for seventh and eighth graders during the first Spark Action Change Summit held Feb. 20 to 22 in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreSustainable, Small Farm Incubator Program, a business development program for new and beginning farmers in Louisiana.
Read MoreWith time running short on the 30-day delay of implementation of tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the U.S.’s neighbors to the north have already announced plans for retaliation. Betty Resnick, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says this all traces back to an executive order from the start of this month.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
Read MoreWhile Louisiana still harvests majority of the freshwater critters, these Texas farmers are steadily gaining ground.
Read MoreThe US Department of Agriculture is facing a legal challenge over its move to wipe out information on climate change from its websites.
Read MoreThe newest inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction are three people who helped to enhance the state’s agriculture industry through storytelling, reforestation efforts and improving crop genetics. The induction will take place at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge March 6.
Read MoreIn this episode of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Podcast, Karl Wiggers sits down with Dr. Tara Smith, Director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service at the LSU AgCenter. They explore how innovative extension programs—from youth initiatives and internships to the state livestock show and Ag Magic—are shaping the future of Louisiana agriculture. Discover how these efforts are not only educating the next generation but also driving lasting impact across the state.
Read MoreTime 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.
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