American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump’s commitment to preventing labor disruptions in the food supply.
“We appreciate President Trump’s comments this afternoon recognizing the contributions of farmworkers who play a vital role in growing food across America, and committing to preserve the ability of farms to provide a safe and secure food supply.”
Read MoreAgriCapture recently announced the third issuance of carbon credits from the largest rice methane reduction project in U.S. history. This newest issuance of 33,996 carbon credits includes the first of any agricultural credits to market from the 2024 growing season. These credits reward farmers for cutting methane emissions and conserving water through improved irrigation practices.
Read MoreHorizon Ag and USA Rice need your help to identify candidates worthy of being honored as recipients of the prestigious 2025 Rice Industry Awards at the Rice Outlook Conference in December 2025.
Read MoreThe U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released legislative text for the Senate’s version of the “one big beautiful bill.” In response to the text, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced support for the cattle health measures in the legislation, which help protect the livelihoods of family farmers and ranchers.
Read MoreIf you close your eyes and visualize work being done on a farm you may think of basic or antiquated technology. If that is true, you would be incorrect. Technological advancements have not escaped the agricultural world. Heliworx Aviation out of Monroe, La. is a local example of how technology is changing the landscape for this field.
Read MorePhysical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees, and harvested or stored crops and hay.
Read MoreAs crawfish season comes to a close across south Louisiana, farmers like Jonathan Fontenot in Evangeline Parish are already thinking about next year’s catch.
At least for K&K Ag Partnership where he works, Fontenot says the season has been a good one.
Read MoreOrganizations like the Ouachita Parish 4-H Club are working to recruit more young people to take part in livestock shows.
While the number of participants is growing, 4-H leaders say there’s still a need for more youth to get involved. Bethany Corona, with the Ouachita Parish 4-H Club, says time and cost can be major barriers for some students.
Read MoreSandy Nguyen has strong opinions about where the best shrimp in the US is produced.
A second-generation shrimper in New Orleans, Nguyen maintains “our [Louisiana] shrimp tastes better than Florida shrimp or Mississippi shrimp or Texas shrimp.”
Read MoreCommon rust may be the first disease found in corn fields and usually occurs in the lower-to-mid-canopy. Pustules of common rust are brick red to dark orange, somewhat elongated, and will appear on both leaf surfaces (Figure 1).Common rust will progress during relatively cool temperatures (60-75oF) combined with rainy weather or heavy dews (6 hours of leaf wetness), and cloudy weather; however, very rarely are fungicide applications warranted for common rust. Warmer temperatures (> 80oF) will greatly slow common rust development.
Read MoreWhen Morgan Christman was a doctoral student at Utah State University, she studied data from moth traps over a five-year period in Utah. What shocked her most about her findings wasn’t related to moths. It was the tens of thousands of bumblebees that were accidentally trapped alongside the moths every year.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on the confirmation of Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary at USDA.
Read MoreFive 2025 Louisiana high school graduates are pursuing careers in agriculture with the help of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Foundation Linda and Wayne Zaunbrecher Scholarships.
The Linda and Wayne Zaunbrecher Scholarship awards up to $3,000 per academic year to five high school graduates pursuing degrees in agriculture. Students who maintain academic and curriculum eligibility may continue their scholarship for a total of four consecutive years. Applicants or their parents must be Louisiana Farm Bureau members.
Read MoreTaking a bull by the horns isn’t so bad, but being taken by a bull’s horns is. Rick Young knows the feeling well.
In his 70-year career as a rodeo clown and bullfighter, Young has been gored, thrown, run over and otherwise beaten by big, bad beastly bovines. But that’s not to say he didn’t put up a good fight. The Louisiana man was known as the Ragin’ Cajun.
Read MoreMore than 175 people gathered here late last week for the first National Black Growers Council (NBGC) Model Farm Series field day of the year. Each year NBGC hosts multiple field days for multiple commodities across the south, and this year’s first field day was hosted at Nelson Farms, focused on rice, corn, cotton, and soybeans.
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