Just as the cotton market has remained stagnant and subdued throughout 2025, so too has enthusiasm for planting the crop as the nation’s producers look ahead to 2026.
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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement’s crusade against pesticides is creating divisions in the Republican Party, as some members back the industry while others stand with MAHA activists.
As the MAHA movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., gains power and influence within the GOP, efforts to limit liability for the pesticide industry are also growing on numerous fronts.
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Nik Patel steered a series of astonishing agriculture-related scams and racked up a whopping 52-year prison sentence.
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The USDA on Monday projected a record-breaking 17-billion-bushel corn supply in 2025–2026, shocking the market and “raising alarms among the nation’s corn growers,” according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).
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Last week, a delegation from USA Rice traveled here to meet with the Brazilian rice industry association (ABIARROZ) to discuss cooperation on shared concerns around the deterioration in global rice prices largely due to India’s policies and practices leading to oversupply.
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The market settled 126 points higher on the week at 68.68 cents, basis the December 2025 ICE contract. The market pushed above 69 cents several times during the week’s trading but was unable to hold that level at the close of the week’s trading.
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Livestock shows aren’t all about prize ribbons and belt buckles. For Abigayle Forrest, these events are more about the excitement in the air, the chance to meet people, the time spent with animals.
“Even if you don’t win something, you can have fun,” said Forrest, who showed goats as a 4-H’er in Tangipahoa Parish. “It doesn’t matter if you win something.”
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The third annual Louisiana Agricultural Outlook Forum will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2026, from 8:00am to 2:40pm at the LSU AgCenter’s Dean Lee Research Station State Evacuation Shelter in Alexandria (address: 8125 Hwy. 71 South, Alexandria, LA 71302).
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Louisiana-based startup company, FarmMind has been named the winner of The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge and will be leaving the 2026 American Farm Bureau Convention with $100,000 in startup funds.
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, estimating that the United States will see an enormous 17-billion-bushel corn crop during the 2025-26 marketing year, raising alarms among the nation’s corn growers and triggering an immediate market reaction.
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Agri-Pulse's Philip Brasher reported that "the Agriculture Department has finalized some revisions to two major farm commodity programs, including rules for adding new base acres, but signup for the programs won't be scheduled until after planting season at the earliest, according to a top USDA official."
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Recognizing the vital role that four-legged friends often play on family farms and ranches, Farm Bureau launched the Farm Dog of the Year contest several years ago – now a popular feature of the American Farm Bureau Convention.
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The Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge, now in its 12th year, provides opportunities for Farm Bureau members to showcase business innovations being developed for agriculture. Louisiana-based FarmMind is the winner of this year’s competition. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, announced the winner from among four finalists at the 2026 American Farm Bureau Convention.
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The LSU AgCenter Cooperative Extension Service is now accepting applications for its 2026 Extension Internship program.
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The head of the US Meat Export Federation says China’s recently announced tariffs on imports of beef are misguided. Dan Halstrom says the government is doing it to address inflationary pressures. “However, they should be looking at it from, in our opinion, let’s bolster consumer confidence in China,” he says. “Because there’s enough demand in China for all parties, Brazil, Australia, the US.”
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