Agriculture
Aquaculture aid grant checks mailed
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said crawfish, catfish and other state aquaculture producers, who incurred high feed input costs in 2009 and met qualifications for a $480...
Mar 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Crawfish producers’ meeting set
A crawfish producers meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at the Evangeline Parish Extension Service Office (county agent’s office) at 230 Court Street in Ville Platte. If you can’t ma...
Feb 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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True bipartisanship can only be achieved by legislative action
For more than 100 years, members of Congress sat divided by party at the annual State of the Union address. But this year, as a symbol of civility, many Republicans and Democrats broke with traditi...
Feb 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blackbird baiting program to begin mid-February
As rice farmers prepare to make decisions about how much rice they will plant this year, they are subject to uncertainty in rice prices; great fluctuation in prices for fuel, fertilizer, and equipm...
Jan 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Annual farm conference votes to maintain strong farm income safety net
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 92nd annual meeting voted last week to maintain a strong farm income safety net, address dairy price volatility and urge greater oversight of regu...
Jan 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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2011 NAP application closing date nears
Producers are reminded February 28, 2011 is the final date to apply for NAP coverage for the spring and summer seeded crops such as grass for pasture and hay and vegetables. NAP provides protectio...
Jan 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal announces reappointments to the Louisiana Rice Research Board
BATON ROUGE- Governor Bobby Jindal announced reappointments to the Louisiana Rice Research Board Friday, January 7. The Louisiana Rice Research Board administers rice research check-off funds colle...
Jan 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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In Louisiana Sweet orange scab found
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said new federal citrus quarantine orders have been set for Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi citrus growers after the presence of sweet or...
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rice, soybean schools scheduled
Two of Evangeline and St. Landry parish’s most economically important crops will be discussed at length at the 51st Annual Rice Production School and 44th Annual Soybean Production School. These pr...
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Evangeline and St. Landry Parish Crop Production schools announced
Two of Evangeline and St. Landry Parish’s most economically important crops will be discussed at length at the 51st Annual Rice Production School and 44th Annual Soybean Production School. These pr...
Dec 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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New access for rice growers
By next year, Louisiana rice growers near Lake Charles could have access to a growing market with a new $2.5 million grain loading facility. The project could potentially bring Louisiana rice to mi...
Dec 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Farmers and estate taxes discussed
While most congressional lawmakers spent the last few weeks at home focused exclusively on Election Day, farmers and ranchers aren’t about to let them off the hook for this year’s unfinished busine...
Nov 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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