LSU’s Agriculture Center and LSU School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences (SPESS) presented the 22nd annual Baton Rouge Spring Show at the John M. Parker Coliseum this past weekend.
The LSU AgCenter was established in 1972 by the LSU Board of Chancellors with the intention of giving the university system’s agricultural programs their own distinct identity.
Read MoreNewly enacted tariffs on Mexico and Canada are expected to create ripple effects across Central Louisiana, affecting key industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. Local businesses are bracing for increased costs, while consumers are already seeing higher prices at grocery stores.
At Mac’s Fresh Market in Pineville, shoppers like Kurt Gautreaux noticed rising costs for essentials such as eggs and meat. “Prices of meat and everything else went up,” Gautreaux said.
Read MoreIn 2023, Anna Timmerman, a horticulture agent for St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish, had to think swiftly to deal with a salt wedge that was rising up the Mississippi River. There were concerns about this causing issues for nursery irrigation systems, Timmerman was particularly worried about how the saltwater would affect one segment of her clientele: Plaquemines Parish citrus producers.
Read MoreA raging fire destroyed the historic Lake Charles Rice Mill on North Kirkman Street, engulfing the central warehouse and a rice dryer in flames on April 26, 1984, and forcing the evacuation of more than 200 families from their homes.
The seven-story facility was gutted by fire when a 440-volt fuse box exploded, triggering a massive fire in the 59-year-old building, according to that day’s front page of the American Press.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is alerting the public of three additional chronic wasting disease (CWD) positive captive deer in pens permitted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF).
The recent detections in Concordia, St. Landry and Tangipahoa parishes are linked to trace outs from a captive CWD positive deer pen in Jefferson Davis Parish, where CWD was first confirmed in a captive deer back in November.
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.
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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.
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