Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Obama Administration Efforts to Assist Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by Drought
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new flexibility and assistance in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's major conservation programs to get much-needed h...
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Soybean rust on the move in Louisiana
The LSU AgCenter has found soybean rust in both Avoyelles and Rapides parishes. The incidence and severity are two percent in Avoyelles Parish and three percent in Rapides Parish. “These rust lev...
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USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass
USDA Deputy Secretary Merrigan to Host #ASKUSDA Virtual Office Hours on Local Food Focus on 2.0 version of USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012—TOMORROW at 1:...
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Sweet potato field day set for August 16
The LSU AgCenter will hold a field day August 16 at the Sweet Potato Research Station in Chase, La., beginning with registration at 7:45 a.m. Field tours will feature AgCenter research and extensi...
Jul 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Strain Warns of Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus Threats Horse Owners Advised to Vaccinate
BATON ROUGE - An increase in Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in horses has prompted Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strai...
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New Orleans Cold Storage Expansion Boosts Agriculture Industry
New Orleans, LA (July 19, 2012) - Today, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., participated in the opening of the newly expanded 142,000 square...
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Senate Finance Committee Unanimously Passes Russian Trade Bill
The American Soybean Association (ASA) congratulates the Senate Finance Committee on its unanimous passage today of a draft bill that would establish permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Ru...
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Soybeans on Hundley Farm. Photo by Bruce Schultz
U.S. and South American Farmers Unite to Support Biotech
Farmers who produce 90 percent of the world’s soybean exports have joined forces to support biotechnology in the European Union. Soybean farmers from the United States and their counterparts from ...
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Heavy rain slows rice harvest in south Louisiana
Unusually heavy rains in south Louisiana are delaying this year’s rice harvest, LSU AgCenter experts said July 12 at the Northeast Rice and Soybean Field Day. Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter rice spe...
Jul 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A basket of fresh vegetables.
Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Growers hold first meeting
Produce growers in Louisiana recently met and formed Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Growers to help members increase their knowledge of producing fruit and vegetable crops. LSU AgCenter gardening s...
Jul 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill, ASA Urges Timely Debate by Full House
In response to the early morning passage of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture today, American Soybean Asso...
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New disease reaches Louisiana sugarcane
A sugarcane disease new to Louisiana has been identified in two Louisiana fields, according to experts from the LSU AgCenter. The disease, orange rust, was first identified in the United States in...
Jul 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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