As 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.
Read MoreCarbon Capture Sequestration, commonly known as CCS, has quickly become a lightning rod issue in Central Louisiana. With plans quietly underway for a CCS project in Rapides Parish, residents gathered on June 9 at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Deville to voice their concerns, learn more and demand transparency.
Read MoreThe U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol today announced its sixth consecutive year of growth, marking an expansion in both planted acres and enrolled growers. The program now represents 2.58 million planted acres, an 18% increase from the previous year, planted by 1,512 participating growers – a 14% rise compared to 2024. This growth underscores the program’s increasing value to U.S. cotton farmers, particularly in today’s challenging environment with fluctuating input costs, changing weather, and evolving market conditions.
Read MoreAlthough Ivan Grijalva has only been at the LSU AgCenter since January, the recently appointed assistant professor has big goals for his research and farmers in Louisiana.
Read MoreIn the sugarcane fields where the fertile soil meets the steel skyline of industry, Frankie and Mallory Sotile are holding on to a crop and a way of life.
The Sotiles are among the three finalists for the 2025 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award, a recognition that honors not just production, but leadership, innovation and dedication to community. As fourth-generation farmers, they represent both deep roots and fresh vision.
Read MoreAcross Louisiana, the feral pig population continues to grow. They can be found in all 64 parishes, and the total number of feral pigs is around 900,000 in the state.
"When I first started this, I thought Texas had a pig problem, not Louisiana. However, when you look at the population estimates for the states and compare it by the land area, we have about the same density of feral pigs as Texas," LSU AgCenter's Interim Southeast Regional Director Glen Gentry said.
Read MoreJune is National Candy Month, a celebration of all things sweet. This month—and every month—we take great pride in the hard work and dedication of America’s sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers and workers. Thanks to them, both candy manufacturers and consumers benefit from high-quality, made-in-America sugar. Sugar is an essential ingredient in not only your favorite treats, but also countless everyday foods vital to a balanced and healthy diet.
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