News Press release For immediate release: July 1, 2025 Baton Rouge, La. – The Louisiana Agricultural Workforce Development Program (LAWDP) is now accepting applications for the 2025 – 2026 program year from qualified agricultural and forestry businesses …
News June 23, 2025 News article U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this morning launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan (PDF, 380 KB) to …
News June 13, 2025 News article The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has submitted a Final Rule for publication in June 2025 Louisiana Register , to repeal LAC 7:XXXVII.101-119, relative to the central registry for the recordation of …
News June 13, 2025 News article The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, pursuant to R.S. 49:977.4, has submitted a Final Rule for publication in the June 2025 edition of the Louisiana Register . The proposed rule promulgates LAC 7:I.111, …
News June 13, 2025 News article The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, pursuant to R.S. 49:964, has submitted a Final Rule for publication in June 2025 Louisiana Register , to promulgate LAC XXXI.Chapter 3 relative to voluntary inspection …
News June 13, 2025 News article The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, pursuant to Act 393 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, has submitted a Final Rule for publication in June 2025 Louisiana Register , promulgating …
News June 13, 2025 News article The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, pursuant to R.S. 49:964, has submitted a Final Rule for publication in June 2025 Louisiana Register , amending LAC 7:I.105, relative to the petitions for adoption, …
News June 12, 2025 News article In accordance with La. R.S. 49:962, the Commissioner of Department of Agriculture and Forestry has declared an emergency to exist regarding the potential spread of Chronic Wasting Disease to alternative livestock and has …
News May 28, 2025 News article U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today she will exercise the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority to provide a much-needed funding increase of $14.5 million in reimbursements to states …
News Press release For immediate release: May 16, 2025 Baton Rouge, La. – The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission will host its next saddle microchipping event on Friday, May 30, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. It …
News Press release For immediate release: May 14, 2025 The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, DVM, applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to close the United States’ southern border to …
News May 14, 2025 News article The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $26.5 million in grant funding available through the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) to help local and regional food entities develop, coordinate, and expand …
News May 14, 2025 News article The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $72.9 million in grant funding available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). The program funds innovative projects designed to enhance the …
News May 12, 2025 News article U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of …
News Press release For immediate release: May 6, 2025 Baton Rouge, La. – On May 1, West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 38-year-old Johnny L. Payne II of Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish regarding theft of livestock. The arrest resulted …
News Press release For immediate release: May 5, 2025 Baton Rouge, La. – The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission will host a saddle microchipping event on Friday, May 16, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. It will be …
News Press release For immediate release: May 1, 2025 On April 29, the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested thirty-eight-year-old Eric Montreal Harris of Weyanoke, La., in West Feliciana Parish regarding an investigation involving the theft of …
News April 30, 2025 News article U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a second round of payments coming this week for specialty crop producers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program, providing up to $1.3 …
News April 28, 2025 News article A notice of intent was published in the Louisiana Register at LR 50:9, pages 1296-1298 (September 20, 2024), relative to the Structural Pest Control Commission. In accordance with La. R.S. 49:966(C)(1-5), the Department of …
News April 24, 2025 News article A notice of intent was published in the Louisiana Register at LR 51:3, pages 409-413 (March 20, 2025), relative to the Advisory Commission on Pesticides. In accordance with La. R.S. 49:966(C)(1-5), the Department of …
