• By Bruce Schultz •
Planting is underway or about to start for most crops in Louisiana, and farmers are watching the markets closely as the world economy reels from the fallout created by the novel coronavirus.
Louisiana State University AgCenter...
About 200 farmers, consultants and other agriculture industry professionals attended the 64th annual Tri-State Soybean Forum on Jan. 3, taking stock of both the good and bad in soybean production in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The forum, held this year...
Good stewardship of the land was the focus of a fall farm tour held at Somerset Plantation in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, recently.
The farm, owned and operated by Jay Hardwick and his family, is one of two model farms that...
Projections indicate that corn and cotton acreage will increase this year but less grain sorghum and soybeans will be grown in the state, an Louisiana State University AgCenter economist told attendees of a recent AgCenter crops and cattle forum...
During its recent annual meeting, the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association awarded six scholarships totaling $12,000.
Also recognized was Dennis Burns, who received the County Agent of the Year award.
Burns serves Catahoula, Concordia and Tensas parishes, and he specializes in agricultural...
The Louisiana State University AgCenter recently gave Sebe Brown, assistant professor of entomology, statewide Extension responsibilities in cotton, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum insect pest management.
Brown is located at the AgCenter Dean Lee Research Station in Alexandria, where in...
Robbie Howard of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, recently received the Outstanding Master Farmer Award in recognition of conservation efforts on his soybean and corn farm in Lake Providence.
“Master Farmer has made me proud of the way we farm,” Howard...
The Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association will be held Feb. 11-13, 2019, at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana.
Jay Mahaffey will be featured in the pre-conference symposium on Monday morning, Feb....
This year has been difficult for soybean farmers in Louisiana. Trade conflicts, storage problems and bad weather have led to lower prices and damaged beans across the state. Louisiana State University AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report from...
The 2018 soybean harvest that started well has turned soggy, particularly for central and southwest Louisiana, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey.
“Because of this wet weather, many producers have not been able to harvest a crop that...
With more than half the Louisiana soybean crop harvested, many farmers are looking at a good year, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey.
“About 60 percent of the crop is out of the field,” he says.
Farmers were reporting...
Worldwide demand for U.S. soybeans remains strong in the midst of a trade war, and China still needs America’s soybeans, according to an Louisiana State University AgCenter report on trade tensions with China.
“There are, as yet, no signs of...
Over the past week, Sebe Brown, Louisiana State University AgCenter Extension antomologist, has received a number of phone calls about the economic thresholds for threecornered alfalfa hoppers (TCAH) in soybean.
He addressed those questions in this LSU AgCenter column.
Based on...
A new pest that attacks certain crops grown in Louisiana has been identified.
The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii (M. enterolobii), is a serious pest that has a high rate of reproduction and a wide host range, including soybeans, sugarcane and...
The Louisiana State University's AgCenter will hold a crop production and pest management field day expo, June 19, at the Tom H. Scott Research, Extension and Education Center in Winnsboro.
The expo represents a new field day model intended to...
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