At Meet the Buyer and Greet the Grower, a regular event hosted by Seeds to Success: The Louisiana Farm to School Program, ranchers and fruit and vegetable growers were able to link their faces and handshakes to the products they sell.
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At Gonsoulin Farms in Iberia Parish, it’s business as usual this harvest season. With about a quarter of their crop already processed, owner and operator Ricky Gonsoulin says things are looking strong so far.
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The state experienced a slight reduction in drought coverage over the period of 22-28 October, largely due to rains during the past weekend (25-26 Oct).
Read MoreHalloween’s over, the trick-or-treaters are gone, and my porch looks like a pumpkin graveyard. Some are still cute and perky, some are slumping in slow motion, and a few look like they’ve been through a South Louisiana summer storm — which, honestly, they kind of have.
So now what? What do we do with all these pumpkins once the ghosts and goblins go home? Don’t toss them in the trash just yet. Around here, we can squeeze a little more life out of just about anything — pumpkins included.
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It’s almost time to kick off AFBF’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Survey! Each year, AFBF reports on the average retail cost of a traditional meal for 10 people. Help from farmer and rancher members across the country makes this possible.
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We've had a large range of rainfall totals over the last week, with some areas along the I-20 corridor seeing less than an inch, and some parts of central and south Louisiana seeing 4+ inches of rain. This has knocked the moderate drought from 31% of the state to 18% of the state, but it looks like organized rain is about to shut back off for a bit.
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Even with a little rain in the forecast, conditions across Acadiana remain dangerously dry.
St. Landry, Acadia, and Evangeline Parishes are all under active burn bans as drought conditions persist across the region. Fire officials say gusty winds and low humidity are creating the perfect setup for fires to spread quickly, even from something as small as a spark.
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American farmers welcomed China's promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won't solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.
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The 119th Louisiana State Fair begins today in Shreveport and will run all the way until November 16th. Russell Adams, the marketing manager of the Louisiana State Fair, says one of this year’s new additions includes a brand-new Ferris wheel.
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Offices that farmers count on for low-interest loans and disaster relief programs have reopened, even as the federal government shutdown drags on.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the reopening of 2,100 offices of the Farm Service Agency across the country at a crucial time for row crop farmers who are wrapping up the harvest, deciding whether to sell or store and planning for the next growing season.
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The full magnitude of LCP 85-384’s impact can only be understood by first considering its development, which dates back to the late 1950s. A resurgence of the mosaic virus in the Louisiana industry after the release of susceptible variety NCo 310 led breeders to look to the wild species of sugarcane, S. spontaneum, for much-needed resistance.
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Join the LSU AgCenter for a Crop Insurance Workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, from 8:30 AM to 1:45 PM at the Vidalia Conference and Convention Center, 112 Front Street, Vidalia, LA.
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If you have been anywhere near a cane field lately, you can feel it. The trucks are on the road before daylight, steam from the mills is back in the air and harvest season is officially underway. After a long summer of waiting, planning and watching the weather, growers and millers have finally started the grinding season. There is a rhythm to this time of year that is familiar to everyone in the agriculture industry.
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The 2024-25 National FFA Officer Team was elected today during the final session of the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.
Students from Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, California, Georgia and Wisconsin were elected by National FFA Delegates to serve as 2024-25 National FFA Officers. They will lead the organization for the next year.
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It was already shaping up to be one of those days.
An unexpected bill is due, and the money just isn’t there. The kids are fighting again. Understandably, your wife is over it, and now it’s your fault. One of your employees just called to say the new group of wean pigs is sick. It’s all a part of a life, but sometimes it just stacks up to be too much.
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