With cooler temperatures setting in, drier weather is being traded for rainy weather in south Louisiana these days, making it easier for growers to attend annual winter meetings as they wrap up the season ahead of the USA Rice Outlook Conference and the upcoming holidays.
Read MoreRain fell across the Bayou State in multiple rounds from Nov 29 into Dec 2 in association with two frontal passages and low pressure tracking across the northern Gulf.
Read MoreRow-crop producers across the South faced another difficult year in 2025. Weather challenges led to wide yield variability across much of the region. Even where yields were strong, low commodity prices and persistently high input costs kept margins tight, leaving many operations near or below breakeven for a third straight year. Shifts in acreage were common, with corn gaining ground at the expense of cotton and, in some areas, soybeans.
Read MoreA truck loaded with cattle is in the I-20 West median at the 177-mile marker.
According to local law enforcement, a cattle truck has left the roadway and is in the median near Mound, Louisiana. Traffic is being diverted from 1-20 to the Mound exit and then onto Highway 80 to bypass the accident.
Read MoreState health officials want to set stricter rules for reusing shells in certain seafood dishes, which they say can risk exposure to a deadly flesh-eating bacteria that’s seen a resurgence this year.
But along the way, they have run into a stumbling block and a very Louisiana dilemma: What counts as a bisque?
Read MoreAfter a moderately dry and warm fall season, crawfish are starting to emerge from their burrows and land in boiling pots across Acadiana.
Read MoreBiological crop protection products are sometimes seen as a potential step for production systems, but experts say the biggest hurdle has been reliability. Growers facing tight spray windows, high disease pressure, and rising input costs need tools that perform consistently across regions, seasons, and application methods.
Read MoreRecently, higher beef prices at the grocery store have become a hot topic. It’s made local and national news headlines and taken social media by storm. That attention has fueled a narrative that something is “wrong” with the beef supply chain, pulling ranchers, media, elected officials and industry critics into a fast-moving conversation.
Read MoreFarm organizations are warning the Trump administration that Beijing never followed through with many of its ag commitments under a 2020 trade deal, but the groups don’t agree on what should be done about that, even as the White House prepares to sign a new agreement.
Read MoreAg Secretary Brooke Rollins says details of a bridge payment for farmers will be announced with President Trump sometime next week.
Read MoreOn the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Bentley and Sandy Curry stood among rows of Leyland Cypress trees on the eight acres of their 39-acre farm in Rayville.
Read MoreHurricane season is over for Louisiana. Football season is basically over for Louisiana. Hunting season, well, that's just getting started in some parts of the state. And for a lot of us, the most important season is right around the corner. That season is crawfish season.
Read MoreLieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism today announced the float riders and performers who will represent Louisiana in the 2026 Rose Parade® in Pasadena, California. For the fifth consecutive year, Louisiana will take its place on the national and international stage for this beloved New Year’s tradition. The 2026 parade there is “The Magic of Teamwork.”
Read MoreThe Equine Disease Communication Center reports cases of Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), a disease caused by EHV-1, have been reported in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, South Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Washington. Of those, 18 EHM cases have been confirmed in Texas with neurologic signs, seven in Oklahoma, three in Louisiana, one each in South Dakota and Colorado, and three in New Mexico, according to the organization.
Read MoreClimate change is one of the top threats to vulnerable species around the world, driving widespread losses of plants and animals that can’t adapt fast enough. But at the same time, rising temperatures are in some cases opening the door for certain organisms that can thrive under these changes: invasive species.
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