Rice growers and industry partners gathered last month at Richard Farms in Kaplan for Horizon Ag’s annual Louisiana Field Day, spending an evening reviewing the 2026 crop season, previewing upcoming variety releases and hearing directly from university and industry leaders on what is shaping the future of U.S. rice.
Read MoreAs the summer weather heats up, forecasters have a bit of good news about hurricane season.
Colorado State University has reduced the amount of expected tropical systems for the Atlantic Hurricane Season.
Read MoreCarbon 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.
Read MoreU.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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreAsk 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.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJean 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.
Read MoreRice 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreThe 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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