WWLTV

Louisiana agriculture crisis: 'We have no home for our soybeans'

Louisiana soybean farmers say a perfect storm of trade tariffs and wet weather have left them on the brink of a disaster they believe will expand throughout the U.S. within a matter of weeks. "This is ...
The Times of Houma/Thibodaux

Louisiana crawfish industry faces worker shortage as federal visa limits tighten

The crawfish industry is facing a labor shortage due to federal immigration caps as the state enters the start of the ...
KETK.com on MSN

Louisiana crawfish industry hit by immigrant labor shortage, says ag commissioner

Louisiana's Agriculture Commissioner is concerned about the state's crawfish industry due to an immigrant labor shortage ...
New Orleans City Business

Louisiana agriculture commissioner signs up to run for reelection

Photo caption: Agricultural Commissioner Mike Strain signed up to run for his elected position for a fifth term Tuesday. Photo courtesy the Strain campaign. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike ...
WGNO

Nominate your agricultural hero to Louisiana’s Agricultural Hall of Distinction

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Nominations ...
NOLA.com

Louisiana's agricultural revenue down due to struggling national economy

The sagging national economy dragged Louisiana's agricultural revenue last year to its lowest level since 2002, according to the annual survey of the state's farm industry released Monday. Agriculture ...
WWLTV

Louisiana agriculture chief candidates talk climate, tariffs

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's Republican agriculture commissioner defended his performance Monday against two farmers challenging him in the fall election who said the state needs to offer more help ...
katc

Heat, drought cost Louisiana agriculture $1.69 billion

This past summer's brutal heat, along with the drought that accompanied it, cost Louisiana agriculture about $1.69 billion, LSU researchers say. Experts at the LSU AgCenter examined the impact of the ...
WDSU

First woman to be inducted into Louisiana agriculture hall of fame

Louisiana's agriculture hall of fame will have its first female member.Margie Jenkins, an expert on cultivating landscaping plants, is among the 2018 inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of ...
WGNO

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry agents weigh in on wildfires, burn ban violations across state

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Disclaimer: All persons are presumed ...
Reading Eagle

The Agriculture Queens of Louisiana

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. This year in Louisiana, more than 120 pageant queens will be crowned in honor of crops and commodities, as they have been for some 70 years. The ...