In the fall, tall, bright green sugarcane stalks reach up to meet deep blue skies along Bayou Lafourche.
It's harvest season on the Naquin family farm.
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This time of the year is the perfect time to buy vegetables at local farmers markets. The summer vegetables are still coming in, and the fall vegetables are now in season.
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The state of Louisiana asked a Fifth Circuit panel Wednesday to overturn a federal judge’s order requiring special protections for prisoners doing farm labor at the state’s notorious Angola prison when the temperature reaches a certain threshold.
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The USDA was expected to publish the 31st Crop Progress report of the growing season today, but the report was not published for the fifth week in a row because of the continued government shutdown.
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Farmers are likely to apply more NH3 this fall, given its availability and price point relative to other nitrogen sources. Chase Dewitz shares a recent experience that occurred on his farm as a reminder that the product deserves to be handled with careful attention and respect.
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The Louisiana Shrimp Festival & Shrimp Aid in New Orleans, one of the city’s most anticipated food events, has once again passed a key test for authenticity. For the second consecutive year, every food vendor at the festival was verified as serving local, wild-caught Gulf shrimp, thanks to rapid DNA testing conducted on-site during the mid-October event. This year’s festival stands as a beacon for sustainability, transparency, and support for local Louisiana shrimpers, ensuring that visitors to the event can enjoy genuine local fare while simultaneously contributing to the region’s thriving tourism and seafood industries.
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The Bossier City Council on Tuesday rejected an ordinance that would have allowed residents within city limits to raise chickens for personal use and egg production.
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The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M says U.S. farmers still need federal assistance despite last week’s new trade framework between the U.S. and China.
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The American Farm Bureau Federation is expanding the reach of its landmark Farm State of Mind initiative to a broader coalition of food and farming sector partners by joining forces with the Farm Family Wellness Alliance to launch the Farm State of Mind Alliance.
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An LSU senior, majoring in textiles, apparel and merchandising, won the prestigious International Textile and Apparel Association Blanche Payne award for a garment she designed using alligator leather.
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November is an eventful month and by the time you read this article we will have set our clocks back 1 hour on Nov. 2 and we went to the voting polls to do our civic duty, Nov. 4. Looking forward, we celebrate those that are and have given their service for this great country on Veterans Day, Nov. 11 and we give thanks for all our many blessings living in this great country on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27.
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Growing up on a poultry and cattle farm in Calhoun, Louisiana, I learned early that when you care for animals, you care for more than a product — you care for a way of life. Today, that way of life is facing new challenges, and not all of them come from droughts, prices, or hurricanes. Some come from policy decisions made far away from our pastures.
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Pebble to landslide, Bitcoin is approaching agriculture and its impact will be seismic, echoing the benchmarks of farming history, including cotton gin, steel plow, mechanization, and biotech crops. Or will it?
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The Trump administration plans to roll out an initial payment of up to $12 billion for farmers hurt by the president’s tariff policies once the government shutdown ends, according to three people familiar with the matter. The finalized amount will come on top of President Donald Trump’s recently announced truce with China, which could also give some relief to U.S. producers of soybeans, sorghum and meat.
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Iberville continues to play a key role in production of sugarcane, one of the crops most closely associated with the rich history of Louisiana agriculture.
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