China bought at least four more cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Tuesday night, two China-based traders with knowledge of the deals said, extending a wave of hefty purchases earlier in the week that pushed Chicago soybean futures to a 17-months high.
Read MoreBrownfield Ag News’ Nicole Heslip reported that “the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture says trade deal negotiations during the shutdown could impact the possibility of farmer assistance this year. During a call with reporters on Monday, Stephen Vaden said dynamics have changed since the end of September.”
Read MoreThe ARC and PLC programs for 2025 are currently projected to make over $13.5 billion in payments. Those payments will be made in October 2026. A challenge facing policymakers is to balance the immediate need for financial assistance facing many farm operations with the fact that 2025 ARC/PLC payments will not be determined and paid until next year.
Read MoreAgricultural lenders surveyed in the new 2025 ABA/Farmer Mac Agricultural Lender Survey expect only 52% of U.S. farm borrowers will be profitable this year, signaling a sharp decline from recent years. It’s also a sign producers across major crop regions are continuing to navigate through a period of tighter margins and severe financial stress.
Read MoreLouisiana is the first state in the country to be approved for almost $1.36 billion in federal funding to expand broadband internet access across the state. Veneeth Iyengar, the executive director of ConnectLA, says it will allow the state to provide everyone in the state with reliable, cost-effective high-speed internet.
Read MoreCooking a Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family will cost less than last year, marking the third straight year of price declines. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of Thanksgiving staples that make up a classic holiday feast for 10, which is $55.18 or about $5.52 per person.
Read MoreLouisiana consumers will spend even less this Thanksgiving, according to a statewide sample of prices for the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey. Louisiana was the second-lowest price-wise in the survey, only behind Arkansas, and residents should expect to spend almost $10 less than the national average for a classic Thanksgiving dinner for ten people.
Read MoreThis report contains the latest supply and use estimates for the corn, soybean, rice, and cotton markets.
Read MoreAccording to the USDA-APHIS dashboard, there have been 36 commercial flocks of poultry infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the past 30 days. Including backyard flocks, it totals more than 1.8 million birds.
Read MoreJim Bernhard, a Louisiana business executive and the owner of Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky., died Nov. 16 after a brief illness, according to multiple reports. The Baton Rouge resident was 71.
Read MoreCrawfish season is one of those traditions that Shreveport folks track like a favorite sports team. Every year, people across Shreveport and Bossier want to know one thing: when will the mudbugs get good.
Read MorePresident Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continue to put Farmers First, including the unprecedented move to reopen over 2,000 county FSA offices in the middle of the government shutdown so farmers could continue to access U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) services during harvest. Today, the USDA will continue to support farmers and will release billions in disaster assistance for those recovering from natural disasters across the country.
Read MoreFollowing six missed reports, the USDA has released the first Crop Progress report since the government shutdown ended. Here’s a look at corn, soybean, and wheat crop progress for the week ending Nov. 16.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter’s Precision Agriculture Summit will be held Dec. 10 at the State Evacuation Shelter, 8125 U.S. Highway 71, adjacent to the Dean Lee Research and Extension Center.
Doors will open at 7:30 a.m.
Read More“There are rice mills up and down the Delta looking to get rid of rice hulls. They are everywhere, and you could probably get all you want for nothing. This is free fertilizer and it’s good fertilizer,” said Adam Chappell, farmer in Cotton Plant, Ark.
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