The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University says Congress is still talking about more farmer assistance.
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President Donald Trump’s plan for a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (hor-MOOZ) could make an already unprecedented crisis worse in one of the world’s biggest energy-producing regions. Bloomberg said the narrow waterway is seeing transits totaling single digits every day, compared to more than 100 in peacetime.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) offers can be submitted during a second batching period that runs through May 1, 2026.
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Established officially in 1978, the Boll Weevil Eradication Program worked so effectively that most producers today have never laid eyes on one of the pests. Even seasoned cotton producers say they don’t remember a time when the boll weevil was an issue.
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Women now make up roughly half of the agricultural workforce, and as the International Year of the Woman Farmer is recognized, attention is turning to the unique health and safety challenges they face in the industry.
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With Louisiana’s quail hunting season lasting from late November to the end of February, we’re still the better part of a year away from this year’s start. But LSU AgCenter researchers are studying declining populations by testing for a disease first discovered in another bird associated with late November: turkeys.
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Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is warning producers to be on high alert following confirmation of the northern-most New World screwworm detection in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, only 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The highly anticipated Farm Bill continues its slow climb through Congress, offering hope to farmers facing mounting financial pressure, but many key details remain unresolved.
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A coalition of Louisianans who have harvested shellfish for generations says global investment bankers are responsible for the environmental damage caused by the liquefied natural-gas industry. They says LNG development over the past two decades has all but destroyed their ability to make a living in Southwest Louisiana.
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The USDA has designated 107 counties and parishes across seven states as Natural Disaster Areas, including the ArkLaMiss.
The seven states included in the declaration are Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
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The House is set to vote this week on legislation that would expand two financial support programs for farm and nonindustrial forest land owners impacted by natural disasters.
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Since 2006, children and adults wanting to learn more about crawfishing have visited Tallgrass Farm for a tour with Burt Tietje, a third-generation farmer on the land his grandfather homesteaded in 1890. Being a crawfish farmer wasn’t always in Tietje’s plan, but now he says he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Louisiana agriculture has lost a giant.
Willie F. Cooper, a dedicated public servant whose career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture spanned more than half a century, has passed away, leaving behind a legacy that shaped generations of farmers and agricultural policy across the state.
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St. Tammany Parish firefighters are responding to a forest fire Saturday afternoon that has burned through 150 acres, St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 7 said in a Facebook post.
The fire is located in the woods near Dummyline Road and is moving toward Chris Kennedy Road. Officials are asking people to avoid the area while they contain the blaze.
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The new Farmer Mental Health Resilience Program from Rural Minds helps farmers recognize the warning signs of a mental health crisis, start conversations, and build resilience. Carol Anderson is the program director for Rural Minds.
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