CCUS Growth Continues Despite Project Delays, Policy Challenges
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects continue to advance despite policy uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and local opposition, with global carbon capture capacity projected to grow from about 91 million metric tons per year today to approximately 3 billion metric tons annually by 2060, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
Recent political debate in Louisiana illustrates growing public scrutiny of carbon capture infrastructure, even in regions with deep oil and gas industry roots.
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USDA Celebrates One Year Anniversary of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, Delivers Final ‘Farmers First’ Program Improvements
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making significant improvements to its disaster assistance and commodity loan programs as outlined in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to celebrate the one-year anniversary of President Donald J. Trump signing the Act into law on July 4, 2025. As part of the commitment to put Farmers First, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is strengthening disaster assistance support for livestock producers, orchardists and nursery tree growers, increasing Marketing Assistance Loan rates, and expanding Marketing Assistance Loans to better help cotton and sugar producers.
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Gilbert Secures USDA Grant for Major Sewer Overhaul — Town to Match $500K+
The Town of Gilbert is moving forward with a $1.4 million sewer improvement project; funded in large part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
To keep the grant, the town must provide a local match of more than $500,000. Mayor Mike Stephens says the town plans to borrow the match money at 1% interest, then pay it back monthly through sewer service fees.
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USA Rice Endorses Chairman Thompson’s Bipartisan Agricultural Labor Reform Bill
On June 30, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), introduced the bipartisan Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026 (SAWA or H.R. 9535), which would expand access to the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. The H-2A visa program, established under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, allows U.S. agricultural employers to hire temporary non-immigrant foreign workers when domestic labor is unavailable.
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St. Landry Parish Flood Recovery Raises Questions About Canal Maintenance
As St. Landry Parish continues its cleanup and recovery from catastrophic flooding, parish officials and farmers are raising questions about whether better canal and drainage maintenance could have reduced the flood's impact.
Canals, bayous, and drainage were among the topics discussed at a meeting with farmers in Opelousas last week. Whiteville farmer Jeffery Sylvester described conditions he observed at drainage weirs before and during the flooding.
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Louisiana's Native Pines are More than Just Timber
Ask people to name trees native to Louisiana. Most people will think of live oaks, magnolias, and cypress trees. However, pine trees rank among the most abundant and important trees across the state. Louisiana has a thriving forestry industry, with pine trees accounting for most of the timber harvested each year. In fact, forestry consistently ranks as Louisiana’s top agricultural commodity, contributing more than $3 billion annually to the state’s economy.
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Who Owns the Most Land in Louisiana? Here's the Top 6
If you've ever driven across Louisiana's endless pine forests, farmland, marshes, and bayous, you've probably wondered one thing...who actually owns all of this land?
Louisiana covers roughly 33 million acres, and while roughly 4.6 million people call the Pelican State home, a relatively small group of families, organizations, and government entities control an enormous portion of that land. Some of the names are exactly who you'd expect, while others may leave you doing a double take.
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USDA Accepts 2.2 Million Acres Through 2026 Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment to Benefit Natural Resources, Ag Operations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting 2.2 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for 2026. Through CRP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers agricultural producers and landowners incentive payments for their conservation efforts while benefiting their agricultural operations and protecting the nation’s natural resources.
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Tangipahoa Parish Agricultural Advocate Crowned 2026 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen
Jean Treas, 19, of Tangipahoa Parish, was crowned the 2026 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen at the organization's 104th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention on June 20 at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel.
Twenty-one young women representing their respective parish Farm Bureaus participated in the event.
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Rice Breeding is Becoming a Game Of Tradeoffs
Rice feeds more people than any other crop on Earth, supplying roughly one-fifth of all calories consumed globally and serving as a staple food for more than half the world’s population.
Yet breeding better rice varieties is becoming increasingly complicated.
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July 7-12 Weather Outlook
A summer pattern of 'hot 'n humid' will be the rule for all of Louisiana through the upcoming 7 days. Scattered to numerous showers and t-storms are in the forecast for Tuesday but it turns drier (and a little hotter) for most communities (especially the northern half of the state) after Tuesday and into the weekend.
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Producers Endure Costly Input Price Spikes In 2026
For row crop producers across the nation, late winter and early spring are key seasonal windows for fertilizer sourcing. Just as producers are making their final cropping decisions for the coming planting season, they will also think about plant and soil nutrition.
But in 2026, this final run-up to planting was packed with a confluence of circumstances that made fertilizer sourcing an especially painful undertaking.
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State Fair of Louisiana Announces Dates for 120th Annual Event
The State Fair of Louisiana will celebrate its 120th annual event from Oct. 29 through Nov. 15 at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds in Shreveport.
The 14-day fair will close on Mondays and Tuesdays. Daily hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Audit Reveals Alarming Increase in Number of New Orleans Restaurants Serving Imported Shrimp
A recent audit of New Orleans restaurants has discovered that the rate of shrimp authenticity has declined over the last year. SeaD Consulting diners ordered shrimp dishes at 44 restaurants, and of those, 11 served imported shrimp. Chief Operating Officer Erin Williams says of those 11, nine of them misrepresented the origins of their shrimp.
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Louisiana Doubles Money Available to Nonprofits for Conservation Work
Louisiana has doubled the state money available for nonprofit groups to preserve and restore public lands of historic, environmental or recreational importance.
Louisiana Outdoors Forever was allotted $2 million by the state legislature for the 2027 grant application cycle, which starts this week. That’s up from $1.07 million in 2026 and the largest amount set aside for the program since it began in 2022.
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