Agriculture
Farm Service Agency youth loans available
CROWLEY – The United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency ( FSA ) has authority to provide credit to rural youth loans as a tool to encourage young people to participate ...
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La. wheat acreage expected to increase
With substantially increased prices for wheat, Louisiana farmers are expected to plant a lot more of that commodity this fall. “I’ve gotten tons of calls,” said LSU AgCenter small grains breeder...
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Citrus disease headed to La.
Louisiana citrus growers need to be on the lookout for sweet orange scab of citrus caused by the fungus Elsinoë australis. The disease recently was found on a satsuma tree in Orange, Texas, about ...
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AgCenter researchers focus on food safety
Occasional food recalls because of contamination may create concerns about food safety, but these worries are often overstated, say two LSU AgCenter researchers who focus on food safety. Listeri...
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New help available for unemployed homeowners
Starting in August, a new federal program provides help for homeowners who have become unemployed so they can temporarily reduce or suspend their mortgage payments while they seek employment, acco...
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Sugarcane farmers told crop looks good
ST. GABRIEL – Growers who attended the 28th annual sugarcane field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel were given better news than they’ve received over the past fe...
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FSA County Committee nomination period open
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency ( FSA ) is accepting nominations for eligible candidates to serve on local Farm Service Agency ( FSA ) County Committees. According to Randell J. Monceaux, County E...
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‘Working Wetlands’ Cooperative funded
Louisiana’s farmers and ranchers in 10 parishes to benefit from technical and financial assistance to improve natural resources
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Rice fields head out
Many rice fields have headed and the harvest season is not too far away. Rice in Louisiana is grown under flooded conditions during most of the growing period. Rice fields, however, must be drain...
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  “Shrimp crawfish” have smaller heads and claws, providing more tailmeat per pound of whole crawfish, offering “more bang for the buck,” according to LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialist Greg Lutz, who is evaluating the crawfish species as a summertime crop for Louisiana farmers. (Photo by Tobie Blanchard.) Crawfish boils in fall?
Crawfish boils are a mainstay of many spring weekends in Louisiana, but the boiler pots typically are put away for the summer.   LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialist Greg Lutz believes an alterna...
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Acadia rice millers attend association convention
ATTEND ANNUAL CONVENTION : Attending the 2010 Rice Millers’ Association Convention held at the LaCosta Resort in San Diego, CA on June 20th-23rd were, from left, Bill and Debbie Dore, Louisi...
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Qualified farmers paid to flood their floods for wildlife habitat
Qualifying farmers will be paid to flood their fields, providing alternative habitat for waterfowl that would normally migrate to marshland now threatened by the BP oil disaster, according to Kevi...
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