The Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) will host the 4th Annual Vino on the Bluff Wine Tasting Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2025 at the Leon R. Tarver II Cultural and Heritage Center, 8320 G. Leon Netterville Dr., on the Southern University campus.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center’s free virtual counseling program “Rural Connections for Rural Resilience,” has reopened for enrollment.
The program, which is open to adults, aims to combat alarming mental health trends by providing free teletherapy services to rural communities where access to mental health services is often limited due to geographical barriers.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has awarded the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) over $386,000 in Fiscal Year 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding.
Read MoreThe 71st Louisiana Cotton Festival kicks off October 6 and runs through the 12th in Ville Platte, presided over by Queen Chloe Guilbeau from Rayne. King Cotton this year is Bob Manuel from Ville Platte.
Katelyn Calhoun, Festival Media Coordinator, says organizers have gotten the local 4-H and FFA members more involved in the activities through a student market, which will be held Saturday, October 11, from 10-2.
Read MoreThis past weekend, the last in National Rice Month, included several events, some tried and true and one that revives an old tradition in a new rivalry.
In Crowley, at the 88th International Rice Festival (IRF) Rice and Gravy Cook Off, IRF Farmer of the Year Eric Unkel competed for the coveted prize of best rice and gravy dish against a host of teams, all while promoting the annual donation to Second Harvest Food Banks of southwest Louisiana. Crowley Mayor Chad Monceaux joined Unkel at the presentation made possible by Falcon Rice Mill, Farmers Rice Mill, Supreme Rice Mill, and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association (LARGA).
Read MoreRice is one of the world’s most important cereal crops. Cereal crops are members of the grass family (Gramineae or Poaceae) grown for their edible starchy seeds. The term “cereal” is derived from the Greek goddess, Ceres or “giver of grain.” Rice and wheat are two of the most important cereal crops and together make up the majority of the world’s source of calories. They feed the world.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation announced the opening of general registration today for the 2026 American Farm Bureau Convention. The convention will be held Jan. 9-14, 2026, in Anaheim, California.
The theme of the 107th consecutive American Farm Bureau Convention is “Imagine. Grow. Lead.” It will empower attendees with forward-thinking perspectives and policy insights to navigate the future of agriculture.
Read MoreTo find inspiration for his interior design of LSU’s latest University House, Kenneth Brown had to put down his pencil and put on his sneakers.
“When I finally said yes to this project, I just walked the lakes,” says Brown, an LSU alumnus whose design portfolio includes high-profile jobs both in Hollywood and here in his Baton Rouge hometown.
The home’s social calendar is packed many months out. Recent events have included a 50-person seated dinner, a breakfast meeting, and a luncheon for an LSU Foundation Board of Directors member who received an honorary degree. For a dinner held in conjunction with Louisiana Farm Bureau, the menu included biscuits made with LSU-grown sweet potatoes and a sweet potato cheesecake for dessert.
Read MoreConcordia Parish’s soybean harvest is nearing completion, according to Kylie Miller, LSU AgCenter extension agent.
“Right now, farmers are just trying to get the later beans in,” Miller said. “Here in the next week or so, we should be fully wrapping up.”
Read MoreThe Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Forestry Enforcement Division and Fire Management teams proudly participated in National Hunting and Fishing Day festivities held this past weekend in Woodworth, Louisiana.
Read MoreWhen Kam Harper saw two smiling young farmers holding their first ag drone on a magazine cover, he didn’t solely see new technology; he also saw a business opportunity. Just three years later, Harper’s Macon Ridge Specialty Drone Service has sprayed more than 120,000 acres of Louisiana farmland.
At the time, Harper was making his way in the ag industry as a farm manager and immediately recognized the benefits an ag spray drone could have in the tree-lined fields of northeastern Louisiana.
Read MoreDiana Amaya, a Ph.D. student in agricultural economics at LSU, is breaking new ground as the university’s first recipient of the prestigious FFAR Fellowship. The program from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research offers participants professional development and career guidance.
Amaya is part of a national cohort of 33 scholars selected for their potential to drive innovation in agriculture through interdisciplinary research and professional development.
Read MoreOld crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2025, totaled 1.53 billion bushels, down 13% from Sept. 1, 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Grain Stocks report released today. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions were down 8% from Sept. 1, 2024, and all wheat stocks were up 6% from a year earlier.
Read MoreThe spread of rice delphacid, an invasive pest, is threatening rice production in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
With no economically viable solutions to control it, Texas A&M AgriLife experts and Extension partners led by USA Rice have created a multistate task force to find some.
Read MoreThe good news — the cotton market continues to hold the 66-cent level, although it is struggling. On a trading basis, December futures slips below its life of contract low close, 66.04 cents, on a routine basis. Yet, to date, it has bounced back to just above that low closing level.
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