How would you like to look and feel your best, all while helping out your neighbors? That’s the premise behind the Lake Charles Farm to Table Market.
For many families like Catherine Ange’s in the Lake Area, this has become a weekly tradition, "I love eating fresh. I love eating from places that I know are taking care of their animals. I know the nutritional value is better than what we can get at the grocery store, and it gets my kids to come out and have a whole new experience.”
Read MoreYear-over-year, Susan Olson says there are few interesting updates comparing how the Mississippi River is being used for grain transport.
Most surprising to her is according to USDA data there was a 3.4 million metric ton increase in grain exports from NOLA in mid-year 2025, however from her firm’s proprietary data, barge movements decreased. This could mean a shift toward rail being used to bring grain to the port for export.
Read MoreCotton continues to get hammered. Or call it by any name you wish. The impact of the government shutdown continues, as now in the third week of November, USDA finally released its export report for mid-October. They will catch up, but very slowly.
Read MoreLots of people are interested in attracting wildlife to their landscapes. Whether you are an avid bird watcher or simply delight in seeing squirrels frolic in the trees, there are things you can do to make an area more enticing to all sorts of animals.
Food, shelter and water are the bare necessities for any life — and to draw in wildlife visitors, you need to provide all three of these elements.
Read MoreEvery year, parties and get-togethers for the holidays are an important tradition that brings abundant joy — and serious anxiety — into people's lives.
One of these stressors is always on the wallet, but Sandra May, LSU AgCenter curriculum coordinator for nutrition and community health programs, said there are easy ways to alleviate some of these issues.
Read MoreTo stabilize prices and move excess rice stocks, Brazil’ s Ministry of Agriculture has announced a plan to restore its Premium for Product Flow (PEP) and Equalizer Premium Paid to the Producer (PEPRO) programs.
The National Supply Company (CONAB), a public company under the Ministry of Agriculture, announced the allocation of nearly $57 million USD to support prices and the flow of production, of which nearly $20 million will go directly to administering PEP and PEPRO with the remaining going towards government acquisitions of approximately 600 thousand metric tons of rice.
Read MoreNovember is a season of gratitude, a time when most farmers across the country have wrapped up their harvests and turned their attention to winter and next year’s plans. It is very different in the cane belt. For Louisiana’s sugarcane producers, November means one thing, the hardest push of the year.
Read MoreA storm system currently centered in the Southern Plains will send a strong cold front through Louisiana on Tuesday. The SPC has posted a "Slight Risk" (2-out-of-5 on the threat scale) for severe storms in advance of the cold front for northern Louisiana. The primary threat window is from Monday afternoon into Monday night, ending early Tuesday morning.
Read More7-day rainfall was mainly limited to a frontal passage during the overnight hours of Dec 13 into the morning hours of Dec 14, with 7-day totals running below-normal for the vast majority of the state.
Read MoreIn a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries.
Read MoreA neurological strain of equine herpesvirus circulating in parts of the country has sparked heightened precautions among horse owners in Acadia Parish, even as state officials confirm there are currently no local cases.
Read MoreLouisiana agriculture is facing a difficult chapter and evolving challenges, but there is reason for hope, thanks in part to the work of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
Read MoreAs 2025 winds down, many farmers are ready to put this challenging year behind them. From low corn and soybean prices to stubbornly high input costs and ongoing trade tensions, farmers faced a long list of headwinds. In conversations with farmers and ag experts, I ask, “What can Successful Farming do to help farmers weather this storm?”
Read MoreAmerican Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on departments of the Interior and Commerce proposed rules to improve Endangered Species Act regulations.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is excited to highlight the launch of the NEW Unified New World screwworm (NWS) website, screwworm.gov. This dynamic new site centralizes NWS information available across the federal government and reflects our whole-of-government effort to fight this pest through implementation of Secretary Rollins’ comprehensive five-pronged plan.
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