Earlier in 2026, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved rules to establish a recreational alligator hunting season. And soon, you'll be able to apply for tags via a lottery system.
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Grand Isle is set to take center stage on the national television screen later this month. The 2026 Hurricane Hole Louisiana Open, presented by Visit Jefferson Parish, is bringing national broadcast coverage to Grand Isle for the first time in its history. ESPN+ will broadcast the four-day offshore fishing tournament live from August 28–30, culminating in a nationally televised recap show airing on ESPN2 over Labor Day Weekend.
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U.S. sugar producers and policymakers are pressing for changes to what they say is an outdated tariff structure that is contributing to record-high sugar stocks.
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The Trump administration has delayed 50 per cent tariffs on a range of exports from Canada to the U.S. for at least three days.
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There is a growing need for agricultural workers across the country, but industry leaders say few U.S. applicants are filling those jobs.
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When Wayne Miller, assistant chief of the Pecan Island Volunteer Fire Department, spotted survey crews taking soil samples in the area Aug. 10, he suspected they might be testing the strength of the marshland to determine the best spot to build an aerospace facility. And finally, he had somewhere beyond the front porch to take his concerns — StopSpaceX.
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From the Arkansas line, in all directions down through much of Louisiana, dipping even into Cajun country, you see trees. Everywhere. The depth and breadth of our pine and hardwood stands and forests are almost indiscernible. Since serious management became a thing in the 1940s and reforestation took hold, professionals have managed these lands for timber, wildlife, fire prevention, and the Divinely created cycle of carbon working through these trees to produce the very oxygen we breathe.
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While Congress is in recess, work on a new Farm Bill continues, with lawmakers hearing directly from farmers and ranchers about the need for certainty in the agricultural economy.
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As harvest season approaches for farmers across the country, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is reminding agricultural workers to make safety a priority. The organization is hosting its sixth annual Harvest Safety Week August 18-22, providing resources focused on some of the biggest safety challenges facing workers in agriculture.
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The latest crop progress report from USDA, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through August 16, showed corn and soybean quality ratings slightly declined, which matched analysts’ expectations. The winter wheat harvest is nearly complete, meantime, as the spring wheat harvest closes in on the halfway mark.
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The weather has been hot and dry lately for most of Louisiana, and as a result, there is a burn ban for several parishes across the state.
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A burn ban is now in effect across Webster Parish due to drought conditions, very high fire danger, and extreme temperatures and heat indices.
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LDWF closed the private recreational Red Snapper season in state and federal waters off the Louisiana coast earlier this month, but there is a hope there will be another Red Snapper fishing opportunity again this summer. LDWF assistant secretary Ryan Montague says the season had to close because Louisiana is approaching its statewide quota, but LA creel is still counting what was caught during the first week of August.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the construction of the Louisiana International Terminal on Monday. The project plans to redefine Gulf Coast trade capacity, strengthening the U.S. supply chain and accelerating American manufacturing and commerce.
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Released August 17, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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