+2 Business USDA grant to establish rural business innovation accelerator at UL Lafayette BY JOANNA BROWN | Staff writer Oct 28, 2026 The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has received a share of $1 billion in funding to help develop infrastructure and economic opportunity…
+11 Business With skyrocketing fuel costs, Louisiana farmers are in trouble. How much more can they afford? BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer Oct 19, 2026 Eddie Lewis III’s sugar cane crop looks better than it has in years, but he’ll be lucky if he breaks even by the end of the harvest.
+6 News Gov. Landry, USDA secretary tour sugar mill as Louisiana farmers face rising costs, labor woes BY JOANNA BROWN | Staff writer Sep 25, 2026 It’s the busiest time of year at the Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative in St. Martinville, where more than 70,000 tons of sugar cane have been …
Courts Lafayette father, daughters sentenced to federal prison for nutrition fraud scheme BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Feb 9, 2026 A Lafayette father and his two daughters were sentenced to federal prison for a long-term scheme to defraud the federal nutrition assistance p…
News USDA says UL New Iberia Research Center violated federal rules when it transported monkeys By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Jan 16, 2026 The U.S. Department of Agriculture said a University of Louisiana at Lafayette research facility in New Iberia failed to follow federal regula…
Opinion Editorial: Southern University gets USDA agricultural help STAFF EDITORIAL Aug 12, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture does a lot to support our nation. Agriculture is a big part of our economy and culture. It's important that the federal government invest in heavily rural states like Louisiana.
Meals-to-You.BR.homemeals.adv.Assembly_11..4.25.2020.jpg PROVIDED PHOTO Apr 26, 2020 A look down at the food assemly line on the warehouse floor of McClane Global, a food distribution and shipping company in Houston, while work…
Meals-to-You.BR.homemeals.adv.Exterior_2..4.25.2020.jpg PROVIDED PHOTO Apr 26, 2020 The Houston warehouse of McClane Global, a food distribution and shipping company in Houston, where food boxes are shipped to families in rura…
Mid City Catholic Charities Food for Seniors distribution this month in East Baton Rouge Parish Staff report Mar 5, 2020 The USDA Catholic Charities Food for Seniors program is planning four distribution sessions for 40-pound boxes of commodities this month in Ea…