The Trump administration is seeking information from farmers to help with an ongoing Justice Department probe into high costs for fertilizer, machinery and other farm inputs.
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The USDA published its most recent Crop Progress report Monday, reporting for the first time this season which states had soybeans planted.
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The House of Representatives has passed Congresswoman Julia Letlow’s bill to protect Louisiana’s signature timber industry by cutting red tape for forest landowners, while also strengthening support for impacted livestock producers.
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USA Rice extends condolences to the family and friends of Willie Cooper who passed away on April 9, at the age of 90.
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March tractor and combine sales declined in the U.S. and Canada, signaling weak demand even after $11 billion in support payments to producers.
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A late-season freeze in northeast Louisiana has forced farmers to replant thousands of corn acres, adding costs, straining seed supplies, and raising concerns about shifting to soybeans.
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An overwhelming majority of America’s farmers who responded to a nationwide survey say they cannot afford to purchase enough fertilizer to get them through the year. The percentage who pre-purchased fertilizer varies significantly by region.
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The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission will host a saddle microchipping event on Friday, April 24, from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M. It will be held at the LSU AgCenter’s DeSoto Parish Extension Office, located at 10117 Highway 171 in Grand Cane, Louisiana
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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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