President Donald Trump introduced some changes to the way the timber industry handles business.
Over the weekend, the president signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump introduced some changes to the way the timber industry handles business.
Over the weekend, the president signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production.
Read MoreEach year, the U.S. rice industry produces approximately 20 billion pounds of rice. Most of that rice is grown on family farm operations, creating more than 125,000 jobs nationwide, primarily in the top six rice producing states where small communities depend on the agricultural industry.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for March 2025, which are effective March 3, 2025. USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
Read MoreThis report projects corn, soybeans, wheat and rice futures prices for the United States for the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Our analysis utilizes historical data on both cash prices (the price for immediate delivery) and futures prices (the price agreed upon for delivery at a future date).
We aggregate the daily futures prices into quarterly averages to simplify our analysis. Using this dataset, we train several machine learning models to predict futures prices for all the four commodities.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Red River Livestock Auction.
Read MoreClick below for the market report from the latest Kinder Livestock Auction.
Read MoreAmerica's farmers are once again at the center of global trade tensions after Donald Trump's implementation of new tariffs was met with countermoves from China and Canada that could raise food prices and impact rural economies.
The potential economic pain ahead has led to exception requests from the agriculture sector, with some signs Thursday that the Trump administration could be weighing exemptions for certain agricultural products from new tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Read MoreSome farmers across Acadiana have been a victim of crawfish theft. With the beginning of crawfish season being difficult at times, farmer Paul Zaunbrecher says losing product takes a big hit on businesses financially.
Read MoreUSA Rice is committed to helping students start their school days the “rice” way with a new national school recipe contest designed to promote increased rice usage during breakfast. The contest is designed for school foodservice professionals, operators, and chefs representing grades K-12 and encourages them to submit original breakfast recipes featuring U.S.-grown rice. “Rice & Shine” aims to inspire increased rice consumption during K-12 breakfast meals with new recipes derived from the contest submissions.
Read MoreCalling all educators! (Educator = anyone who interacts with children: formal teacher, non-formal educator, librarian, 4-H agent, FFA sponsor, Scout leader, natural resource professional, etc.). The Louisiana Forestry Association invites you to apply for the 2025 Educators Tour for Forestry.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump’s decision to delay tariffs on Mexico and Canada until April 2, 2025.
Read MoreLouisiana Tech University School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Wood Innovations Grant Program.
Read MoreU.S. cotton acres planted are expected to drop 14.5% this year according to the National Cotton Council’s survey. If realized, this would be the lowest acreage since 2015 and the sixth lowest going back all the way to 1975. Yet last week (Feb. 28), cotton prices (nearby old crop May 2025 futures) dropped to 65 cents – the lowest in roughly five years. New crop December 2025 stands at roughly 68 cents.
Read MoreAt the 90th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show, AgCenter vice president and dean of the College of Agriculture Matt Lee surprised and — by the sound of the applause from those in attendance — delighted the crowd when he named Todd Tarifa official associate director of youth development.
Read MoreFor the past two decades, dozens of researchers and scientists have come through the LSU AgCenter as a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s collaborative research programs, including its Scientific Exchange Program. The program brings in scholars from around the world to become acclimated to agriculture research in the United States.
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