The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is seeking entrepreneurs to apply online by June 9 for the 2026 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Now in its 12th year, this national business competition showcases U.S. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by America’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Read MoreThis guide provides a general overview of the common insect pests affecting soybean crops in Louisiana. It includes descriptions of each pest’s life cycle, morphological characteristics, feeding behavior, and the damage they cause to soybean plants. The guide also offers visual identification tips.
Read MoreAccording to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Louisiana, there were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, May 18, 2025. Topsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 6 percent short, 67 percent adequate, and 27 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 20 percent surplus.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute (FOODii) and the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences continue the food demonstration series Unlocking the Secrets of Food Sciences to delve into food science with a culinary twist.
Read MoreRepresentative Jason DeWitt (R-Alexandria) and Representative Rodney Schamerhorn (R-Hornbeck) have been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Legislative Rural Caucus for 2025-26, according to the Louisiana State Legislature’s Office.
Read MoreNot all jewels have the deep green features of emeralds or sparkle of diamonds. Some tumble from algae-coated cages in a rush of rock and shell, briny water splashing alongside them onto the deck of a boat.
Read MoreCarrie Castille will serve as the 10th president, and first woman president, of the University of Louisiana Monroe.
Read MoreThe global rice market in the last two years has been a rollercoaster driven mostly by India’s export restrictions and, since October of last year, by its massive rice crop. India’s production performance has been remarkable, breaking a new production record every year for the last ten years.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on USDA’s announcement to create policy focused on the success of America’s small farms and ranches.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President and Georgia farmer Zippy Duvall today urged President Trump and his advisors to carefully review a White House report scheduled to be released this week to ensure it is based on sound science and not ideological theories.
Read MoreMatt Lee, LSU's vice president for agriculture, will serve as the university's interim president starting July 1, the university said Monday.
He will serve as interim leader while the university conducts a national search for a permanent president. The announcement follows the news that LSU President William Tate IV will step down after June 30 to become president of Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Read MoreLast Wednesday, during the USA Rice fly-in, attendees split into two groups to visit policymakers on Capitol Hill and the Trump Administration.
A separate delegation also met with Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to thank him for his continued support on issues in Iraq, Haiti, and other trade priorities. As a Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Cassidy is well positioned to represent the rice industry to the Administration’s various trade entities.
Read MoreAcross the state, Louisiana Master Gardeners are building vegetable gardens in elementary schools, beautifying public spaces with landscaping and lending their green thumbs to a variety of projects.
In 2024, more than 2,500 volunteers gave 83,391 hours to their communities through the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Master Gardener Program.
Read MoreOver the next several weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural Survey. The agency will contact nearly 92,000 producers across the nation to determine crop acreage and stock levels as of June 1, 2025.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Drought Team (LDT), in coordination with the national USDM authors, agreed to eliminate the swath of D0 (“abnormally dry”) across southern Cameron and Vermilion parishes, leaving the entire state free of any drought classifications for the first time since the March 11 depiction.
After an approximately two-week period of dryness in April, Louisiana has seemingly been hit with round after round of rain. While these periods of rain have prevented drought conditions from developing, they have resulting in flooding and left soils saturated in many sections of the state. The bright spot is Louisiana is in good shape to meet increasing hydrological demands as we move towards summer.
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