Agriculture

Ag centers bring buyers to small farmers

Small-scale vegetable growers in St. Landry Parish recently met face-to-face with major produce buyers in the area to discuss ways to market their produce.

Deadline approaching for LSU AgCenter Leadership Program

The LSU AgCenter Agricultural Leadership Development Program aims to provide potential leaders involved with agriculture and agribusiness the tools they need to become effective advocates for agriculture.

Tour highlights agricultural diversity in central Louisiana

State and federal agency representatives attended a crops tour held by the LSU AgCenter on July 25 to give them idea of the agricultural diversity in central Louisiana. The tour started near Bunkie at the James Deshotel sweet potato farm followed by a stop at the Todd Steele tree nursery.

Don Groth named to rice research chair

The Louisiana Rice Research Board provided an additional $500,000 earmarked for research during the annual LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station field day on June 26. Those funds bring the total to $1.

It’s blueberry time

Grab a bucket. The blueberries are ready to pick. Louisianians are fortunate to live in a state that supports blueberry growth. Blueberries are easy to grow and one of the most nutritionally dense foods on Earth.

LSU AgCenter announces spring rice meetings

The LSU AgCenter has scheduled a series of meetings for AgCenter experts to inform rice farmers about the latest research findings.

Timber market downturn concerns La. landowners

Forest landowners voiced concerns about a lack of mills where they can sell their crop during the Florida Parishes Forestry Forum April 5.

Ag census released

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2017 Census of Agriculture final results today, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said.

St. Landry, Acadia parishes added to USDA natural disaster areas

Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared two parishes as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by excessive rain and flooding that occurred from Sept. 1 to Dec. 12, 2018.

AgCenter rice station hosts leadership class, African visitors

The LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station hosted two agricultural groups on March 28. The Rice Leadership Development Class made its annual tour of the station, and a group of 11 Africans also visited the facility.