Farmers in Louisiana are grateful Friday after much-needed funding was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture amid an ongoing federal government shutdown.
Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, was in Amite Friday and announced that processed payments for farmers and paid employees are currently underway.
Read MoreReuters' Ella Cao and Lewis Jackson reported that "China imported no soybeans from the U.S. in September, the first time since November 2018 that shipments fell to zero, while South American shipments surged from a year earlier, as buyers shunned American cargoes during the ongoing trade dispute between the world's two largest economies."
Read MoreFarm economists say today’s ag slowdown “isn’t a collapse, but it’s a grind.” From trade woes to rising costs and consolidation, experts warn recovery could take time, even as livestock markets stay strong.
Read MoreA mushroom farm is drawing a fungi following, supplying mushrooms to restaurants and homes throughout the capital area.
Maggie Long and Cyrus Lester are the wife and husband duo who have owned and operated Mushroom Maggie's Farm since 2018.
Read MoreA statewide effort to connect students with local food made a stop in St. Martin Parish Thursday.
The Louisiana Farm to School Institute visited Breaux Bridge Elementary, where students are learning how what they eat is grown — and how those lessons reach from the garden to the classroom and the lunch line.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter evaluates soybean varieties through both replicated research station trials and on-farm demonstrations to provide regionally relevant performance data.
Farmers are encouraged to select varieties that perform consistently across multiple environments and years to improve yield stability.
In 2025, variety testing included evaluations for yield and abiotic/biotic stress resistance across diverse Louisiana environments and soil types.
Corn, Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Soybeans, Wheat.
Read MoreSince 2017, the U.S. has lost over 17% of cattle ranches, more than 150,000 operations. The national herd is at a 75-year low, while consumer demand for beef has grown ~9% over the past decade. Because herd rebuilding takes time, USDA is investing during the downturn so that the next upswing is less volatile for ranchers and more affordable for consumers.
Read MoreModern rum was first made in the Caribbean during the 17th century, with the earliest records of production dating back to 1650 in Barbados.
The spirit we know today was created after it was discovered that molasses, a byproduct of sugar production, could be fermented and distilled to create alcohol.
Today, distilleries keep the original production of rum alive by using premium sugar cane and Grade A molasses.
Read More“The wolf is at your door. What are you going to do about it?” Col. Mark Guillory, director of the Save My Louisiana Advisory Council, asked attendees of Monday night’s carbon capture and storage informational meeting in Leesville.
Read MoreHigh grocery prices have been a defining economic story in recent years, driven by a combination of factors including pandemic-related supply chain breakdowns and labor shortages. However, an increasingly critical driver of food price inflation has been the impact of natural disasters—such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes—on the nation’s agricultural output.
Read MoreOn Sunday, President Trump made waves with a proposal for dealing with high U.S. beef prices. “We would buy some beef from Argentina,” he said from Air Force One during a flight from Florida to Washington, D.C., according to the Associated Press. “If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down.”
Read MoreThe Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has launched a new nationwide ‘Women in Agriculture Study, aiming to capture voices from across all 50 states and U.S. Territories like Puerto Rico.
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the future of America’s beef supply.
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