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The 2024 Get It Growing Lawn & Garden Calendar offers monthly tips for Louisiana gardeners from LSU AgCenter horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard.
Louisiana agriculture: billions to the economy, diverse jobs, significant economic value beyond the farm gate in 2023.
(07/09/24) LSU has unveiled a new online graduate certificate in agribusiness designed to strengthen the national food supply chain.
Risk and uncertainty are two factors farmers encounter every day.
In this publication, we introduce the four financial statements that farm managers use to record and assess farm performance and methods to analyze information.
(03/27/24) The USDA announced a $166,668 technical assistance grant for rural Louisiana communities through its Rural Energy for America Program.
(12/15/23) The Farming for the Future workshop offered beginning farmers information on risk and financial farm management.
Use this resource as a guide to understand basic business principles of growing fruit and vegetable crops.
(07/18/2022) CROWLEY, La. — The H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station showcased the research and faculty during its 113th annual field day.
El riesgo y la incertidumbre son factores con los que los agricultores deben lidiar cada día.
A farm business plan can fulfill several purposes for a farm owner.
Business planning provides farm owners an opportunity to strategically map out the start or expansion of their farm businesses.
This handy pocket-sized publication provides details on the 2018 Louisiana Agriculture and natural resources, the number of farms and farmers.
2018 Louisiana Summary: Agriculture and Natural Resources
2017 Louisiana Summary: Agriculture and Natural Resources
This handy pocket-sized publication provides details on 2017 Louisiana agriculture and natural resources, the number of farms and farmers and much more.
Many teens who have access to family farm land can earn extra income in summer by offering RV camping, selling flowers, or delivering home grown produce.
Small communities can offer tourism attractions by showing venues in agriculture, culture, recreation and other amenities.
Agriculture is a multibillion dollar industry for Louisiana -- creating jobs and generating income in rural and urban areas. This publication contains facts about Louisiana's agricultural commodities, agriculture's monetary value in 2010, what agriculture is and what agriculture means to you. (PDF Format Only)
This publication explains three potential methods to determine cash rental rates for landowners and tenants, as well as items to be included in a land rental agreement. (PDF format only)
(Audio News 04/30/13) Louisiana’s agriculture economy reached a record of $11.4 billion in 2012. LSU AgCenter economist John Westra said this was almost a seven percent increase over last year’s total of $10.7 billion. (Runtime: 2:00)
This report presents estimates of projected costs for crawfish and catfish production in Louisiana for 2007.
This report presents estimates of projected production costs for beef cattle, dairy and forage-crop production in Louisiana for 2007.
This report presents estimates of projected production costs for crawfish and catfish production in Louisiana for 2006.
Agriculture is a multibillion dollar industry for Louisiana -- creating jobs and generating income in rural and urban areas. This publication contains facts about Louisiana's agricultural commodities, agriculture's monetary value in 2010, what agriculture is and what agriculture means to you. (PDF Format Only)
A Web-based resource to connect farmers, shrimpers, fishers, distributors and food suppliers to consumers
This report presents projected commodity production costs and returns for cotton, soybeans, grain sorghum and wheat produced in Louisiana for the 2010 crop year.
This information provides preliminary estimates for the costs associated with wheat/soybean double crop production. The PDF file contains summary information for wheat and irrigated soybean double crop production. The Excel file contains the same budget information but allows the user to make changes in the assumptions used regarding field activities, inputs used, input use rates, and input costs.
This information provides preliminary estimates for the costs associated with wheat production in the state. The PDF file contains summary information for wheat only (no double crop) production. The Excel file contains the same budget information but allows for the user to make changes in the assumptions used regarding field activities, inputs used, input use rates and input costs.
This information provides preliminary estimates for the costs associated with rice production in the state. The PDF file contains summary informaiton for both water-planted and drill-planted Clearfield rice in both north and south Louisiana. The Excel files contain the same budget information but allow the user to make changes in the assumptions used regarding field activities, inputs used, input use rates and input costs.
This information provides preliminary estimates for the costs associated with grain sorghum produciton in the state. The PDF file contains summary information for both grain sorghum production in north and south Louisiana. The Excel files contain the same budget information but allow the user to make changes in the assumptions used regarding field activities, inputs used, input use rates and input costs.
This information provides preliminary estimates for the costs associated with soybean production in the state. The PDF file contains summary information for both irrigated and non-irrigated RR soybean production as well as non-irrigated drill-planted RR soybean production in southwest Louisiana. The Excel files contain the same budget information but allows the user to make changes in the assumptions used regarding field activities, inputs used, input use rates and input costs.
The Parish Economic Profile presents a snapshot of the overall economy of each parish for the calendar years 2002 to 2007. It provides a comparative analysis of the value-added and employment contribution of each major sector of the economy. Each profile also provides details of the economic contribution of the food and fiber system for each parish in Louisiana.
Economic statistics for all Louisiana parishes in the year 2003, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
Economic statistics for all Louisiana parishes in the year 2002, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
Economic statistics for all Louisiana parishes in the year 2004, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
Economic information about al Louisiana parishes for 2005, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
Economic information about al Louisiana parishes for 2006, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
Economic statistics for all Louisiana parishes in the year 2007, including Industrial Structure, Growth Trends, and Food and Fiber System.
The report presents cost estimates for sugarcane production in Louisiana for the 2007 crop year. Cost estimates are included for all phases of sugarcane production including seedbed preparation, planting, plant-cane and stubble crop operations and harvest. Whole farm projected income and expense statements are also included for harvest of sugarcane through second, third and fourth stubble (ratoon) crops.
The Enterprise Budget and Breakeven Analysis Calculator is an Excel Spreadsheet that allows users to develop enterprise budgets for a variety of agricultural commodities. The calculator utilizes LSU AgCenter Enterprise Budgets as a basis for making projections regarding production costs but also allows users to provide thier own costs and projections to develop customized budgets. In addition, the calculator will conduct breakeven analysis and determine projected per acre returns.
A description of how biomass is being used for energy in Louisiana with an emphasis on the potential for expansion in the industry. (PDF format only)
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You may just think of them as delicious treats, but some of Louisiana’s traditional favorites for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners also contribute handily to the state’s economy.
Supervisors and line leaders at a poultry plant in Farmervillie are learning about "workplace ethics."
The focus of this issue is the nonruminant farm animal, which includes chickens, horses and pigs. The nonruminant animal has an uncomplicated or simple stomach as compared to the ruminant animal, which has a stomach with four compartments (cattle, sheep and goats). The nonruminant also is referred to as a monogastric.
This article provides a listing of farms which have been certified as "agritourism operations" in accordance with R.S. 9:2795.4
An accounting of the value of agriculture in Louisiana. Agents and specialists of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, as well as other agencies - both private and public - compile this information. It focuses on the animal, forestry, fisheries, plant and wildlife commodities that comprise our vital agricultural industry. This industry continues to contribute significantly to the state's economy with the potential for increased impacts through value-added processing.