The Acadia Parish office for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is currently open to phone and virtual appointments only but can still work with producers on timely filing crop acreage reports.
Asian giant hornet Vespa mandarinia. (Photo by Dr. Matthew Bertone, North Carolina State University)
LSU AgCenter experts have been getting inquiries from the public about Asian giant hornets, but it’s not believed the insects have spread to Louisiana.
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Results from a survey of crawfish producers show that decreased demand for their product is resulting in lost income of about $500 an acres and a season that could end about 40 days sooner than usual in some cases.
Results from a survey of crawfish producers show that decreased demand for their product is resulting in lost income of about $500 an acre and a season that could end about 40 days sooner than usua
Louisiana farmers, ranchers and agricultural consultants can keep in touch with LSU AgCenter specialists and agents through text messages via the Remind app. (LSU AgCenter file photo by John Wozniak)
In recent weeks, LSU AgCenter personnel have found themselves in the same boat as many others around the world: working remotely to try to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Lance Nacio makes a sale of fish to a consumer on April 9 in Lafayette. Nacio, a third-generation fisherman, from Montegut, said the direct sales are a boost for his struggling business. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)
Fisherman Lance Nacio, of Montegut, is trying to keep his struggling seafood business going, one sale at a time.
Crowley Post-Signal
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Phone: 337-783-3450
Fax: 337-788-0949
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Phone: 337-334-3186
Fax: 337-334-8474
Church Point News
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Phone: 337-457-3061