The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing over $2.5 million in payments through the On-Farm Stored Commodity Loss Program (OFSCLP) to producers who suffered losses of eligible harvested commodities stored in on-farm structures in 2023 and/or 2024 due to a qualifying natural disaster event.
Read MoreThis report contains the latest supply and use estiamtes for the corn, soybean, rice, and cotton markets.
Read MoreThe Trump administration appears ready to take on one of the world’s largest fertilizer manufacturers.
Read MoreThere’s hope on the horizon! It starts this weekend, and it’s possible that we could see a decent rain late next week into next weekend. I don’t like to get too specific, or excited about stuff that 8-10 days out, but it’s better to see solid hints for rain than nothing at all.
Read MoreOn April 7, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) livestock brand inspectors arrested 21-year-old Kivon L. Hollins. Hollins was arrested on a warrant charging him with two counts of theft of livestock in Pointe Coupee Parish. His bond was set at $50,000. At the time of his booking in Pointe Coupee Parish, a hold was placed on Hollins for an additional warrant regarding further allegations of transactions of stolen livestock in St Landry Parish.
Read MoreThe restaurant has no sign — not after a car crashed through it a couple years ago — and its address doesn’t appear on Google Maps. But around Abbeville, everyone seems to know the way to Cajun Claws just the same.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2026-crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton.
Read MoreUSDA announced a major increase in funding for specialty crop programs, with more than $275 million in grants available for fiscal year 2026. Ag Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, alongside Michigan Representative Tom Barrett, shared that the funding will be distributed through key USDA programs, including the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, and the Specialty Crop Multi-State Program.
Read MoreLocal craft and food vendors at the Highway 621 Outdoor Market in Gonzales are hoping to “See You on the Grass” through the spring and summer.
The market, 32975 La. 621, will be open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday through the end of July, weather permitting.
Read MoreRecently, ULM announced their new Food Is Medicine program, which aims for patients to focus less on prescription drugs and more on food specific to their needs.
Read MoreThree people were cited after separate incidents involving the shooting of whopping cranes.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) agents cited two people for shooting an endangered whooping crane on a crawfish pond in Evangeline Parish on March 3. Then, on April 13, agents cited another person for shooting a second whooping crane on a different crawfish farm in the parish.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe USDA published its most recent Crop Progress report Monday, reporting for the first time this season which states had soybeans planted.
Read MoreThe 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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