It looks like Louisiana has one decent chance of rain in the next week, and that will come today. It may linger into Thursday for south Louisiana, but if you need significant rain, I hope you get enough to last you by close of business Thursday.
Read MoreLouisiana’s early teal season opened on September 20, and it was a hot one. Despite a couple of early cool fronts, the weather over the last few weeks has been hot and dry, and the pattern continued into opening day.
Due to below-average blue-winged teal numbers last spring, the season was shortened from the usual 16 to only nine days this year. The additional days were chopped from the first half of the season, which closes on September 28.
Read MoreIt seems that restaurants in the Monroe and Ruston areas need a little work in telling diners about the source of their shrimp. SeaD Consulting went to 24 restaurants, and Founder David Williams said none of them said anything about the possibility of their shrimp being imported, as required by law.
Read MoreThe nation’s state secretaries, commissioners, and directors of agriculture gathered here last week for their annual conference and against the backdrop of a frightening ag economy, history was made.
Read MoreFor the first time since at least the 1990s, China hasn’t bought any U.S. soybeans at the start of the export season, a sign that Beijing is once again using agriculture as leverage in its trade fight with Washington.
Read MoreGrowers can optimize nearly everything in the production process, including cultural practices, herbicide and insecticide treatments, and fertilization regimes, said Brayden Blanchard, who grew up on a sugarcane farm before becoming a geneticist working on plant breeding at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel.
Read MoreThe years when the transition from summer to fall meant harvest time in the sugar industry are a thing of the past for much of Louisiana, but there are some notable exceptions.
Iberville is one such parish.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of South Florida want to reimagine the way we categorize hurricanes. Currently, they’re rated on a scale of one to five based solely on wind speed. But Jennifer Collins, a professor of geosciences at USF, says there are two other factors that need to be considered that may be even more important.
Read MoreU.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) have introduced the India Shrimp Tariff Act, aimed at protecting Louisiana’s shrimp and catfish industries from unfair competition.
Read MoreAn Oberlin man is facing charges after officials say he set several fires in Allen Parish.
On Sept. 15, Bradley Montou, 67, was arrested on ten counts of simple arson.
Read MoreMarket conditions are causing some cattle farmers to consider leaving the industry. The Ouachita Parish Cattleman’s Association says they are offering some incentives for farmers.
The Ouachita Parish Cattleman’s Association says in the next few years, Northeast Louisiana could experience a shortage in cattle farmers. The cause, they say, is the expense of maintenance.
Read MoreIn a rural corner of New Orleans, a world away from traffic and high rises. Children are learning what it means to be a farmer through play, through touch, and through discovery.
Read MoreLocal farmers and hunters who want to improve their knowledge of cattle management and hunting techniques should check out the upcoming beef, forage and wildlife field day at the LSU AgCenter Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station.
The field day will be held Nov. 1 at the station, which is located at 4419 Idlewild Road in Clinton. Registration for the event will begin at 7:30 a.m.
Read MoreAverage yields, early season weather problems, overseas markets, imports, all add up to another rough season.
Read MoreMexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) in Sabinas Hidalgo, located in the state of Nuevo León, less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
This is now the northernmost detection of NWS during this outbreak, and the one most threatening to the American cattle and livestock industry. Sabinas Hidalgo is located near the major highway from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to Laredo, Texas, which is one of the most heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfares in the world.
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