The 15th anniversary of the Women in Agribusiness Summit, will be held at the New Orleans Hilton September 22nd through the 24th. This years summit will bring together professionals from across the food and ag value chains.
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The RICE Awards recognize individuals who embrace the values of Resilience, Innovation, Contribution and Excellence (RICE) in their work throughout the rice industry. If you know someone who exemplifies these characteristics, help us honor their incredible achievements by nominating them for a 2026 RICE Award.
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This month’s 2026/27 U.S. corn outlook is for smaller supplies, greater exports, and reduced ending stocks. Corn beginning stocks are cut 125 million bushels to 2.0 billion, reflecting an increase in feed and residual use that is partly offset by a reduction in corn used for ethanol for 2025/26. Feed and residual use is raised 150 million bushels based on indicated disappearance in the June 30 Grain Stocks report.
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The Southern University Ag Center has a new way to teach visitors about vegetable production, sustainable gardening techniques, and more.
University leaders cut the ribbon on the new Demonstration Farm during a grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, July 1. The Demonstration Farm serves as a garden and living classroom.
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In northeast Louisiana, agriculture pilot Reed Keahey flies with sticker shock.
His plane needs kerosene-based Jet-A fuel, the price of which has soared during the Iran war. A gallon that cost $2.46 in February, just before the war broke out, peaked at $4.11 in May.
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Sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugar industry. As a result, variety selection is one of the most important decisions a producer makes — one with long-term implications. The goal is to maximize profitability on every acre throughout an extended crop cycle.
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has updated multiple crop insurance policies beginning with the 2027 crop year for crops with a June 30, 2026, contract change date, and for the 2028 crop year for crops with an earlier contract change date.
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Thanks to Buck Leonards and the staff at Louisiana Farm & Ranch for making the digital edition available here.
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The Southern Shrimp Alliance, joined by the American Shrimp Processors Association, the Catfish Farmers of America, the Crawfish Processors Alliance, and the Crawfish Commodity Committee of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, submitted comments expressing strong support in favor of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) proposal that additional tariffs of 12.5 percent be imposed on imported goods from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam, including seafood, and additional tariffs of 10 percent be imposed on imported merchandise from Ecuador, Indonesia, and Mexico, including seafood.
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Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees, and harvested or stored crops and hay.
Impacted Area: Mississippi and Louisiana
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The University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) for a total of $4,211,997.00. The cooperative agreement is titled “Assisting with Weather and Water Nowcasting and Forecasting Needs within the Lower Mississippi River Basin.” This award marks the largest federal contract in the university’s history.
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Happy 250th Birthday America! I hope y’all had a safe, happy and enlightening 4th of July! Our country is amazing, despite what the news media says. Just ask the soccer fans and players from other countries who are here for the World Cup what they think. We get a chance to look back at our history and see how far we have come as a nation.
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The rain fell hardest in Avoyelles Parish, but the damage did not stop where the storm did.
As floodwater moved south into northern St. Landry Parish, farmers and ranchers watched a slow-moving disaster creep across fields, roads and yards already soaked from weeks of wet weather. For cattle producers, one of the most damaging losses may be a crop that often gets overlooked: hay.
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McNeese State University graduate student, Kayden Smith, is investigating how watermelons and potatoes grow with conventional fertilizer compared to organic.
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McNeese State University students Amara Roberson, freshman, and Blake Milton, senior, presented a research project recently at the undergraduate research symposium. The research they’ve conducted examines the trend in food science of using natural ingredients to preserve sausage opposed to food additives.
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