USDA to close 4 offices in Capital Region
As part of a campaign to cut waste and consolidate resources, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is closing 259 offices, facilities and labs across the country, including four in the Capital Region. Offices to be shuttered in Baton Rouge include the...
DATE: January 13, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Small corn surplus likely to keep food prices high
The U.S. government has barely changed its estimate for next year's corn surplus, which is expected to stay small and keep high food prices high. The Department of Agriculture today estimated that farmers will have 848 million bushels of corn on...
DATE: December 09, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
USDA announces $50M for Gulf Coast river basins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today pledged $50 million to a program designed to restore seven river basins from Florida to Texas, in an attempt to show that a blueprint for rebuilding the Gulf Coast's fragile ecosystem is more than just...
DATE: December 05, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
USDA: 'Locally grown' food a $4.8 billion business
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Carolyn Anderson likes to chat up the growers at her local farmers market in Missouri, at times hanging out behind the beds of pickup trucks brimming with ears of corn.
DATE: November 14, 2011 | CATEGORY: News
Burgersmith opens on Perkins
Lafayette restaurant Burgersmith has opened its first Baton Rouge location on Perkins Road, serving up signature "smith-seasoned" patties on soft fresh bread alongside blanched French fries and Smith Ale. Prime USDA beef shipped in from...
DATE: November 03, 2011 | CATEGORY: 225 Dine
Corn supply tightens for 2012; raised prices expected
Americans can expect to pay slightly higher food prices next year, given that an excessively hot summer has damaged much of this year's corn crop. But the rise in grocery prices might not be severe because farmers are sitting on relatively large...
DATE: August 11, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Investar Bank starts work on permanent Denham Springs branch ... USDA lowers pork's safe-cooking temp
Hope to open location by end of the year: Investar Bank has started building a permanent location in Denham Springs on Range Avenue.
DATE: May 24, 2011 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Canine Earth goes global
Beware stinky shiba inus and unkempt akitas!
DATE: May 18, 2011 | CATEGORY: Unleashed
The Meat Men Cometh
There are certain times in a home cook's life when it is imperative to have a relationship with the guy behind the meat counter.
DATE: May 01, 2011 | CATEGORY: News (225)
Louisiana is front line in fight for prickly pear
CACTUS CANAL (AP) - Federal agricultural workers carrying blow torches moved slowly down the bank of an old oil canal, burning every prickly pear cactus they came across in hope of killing off a cactus-eating pest that's been on a tear across the...
DATE: March 28, 2011 | CATEGORY: News
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