Farming

The 80-year-old bill requires updates from Congress every five years to account for inflation and shifting welfare and agricultural policies. While some conservative circles argue the subsidies distort free markets, the omnibus bill has traditionally enjoyed broad bipartisan support. Urban and rural constituencies depend on its programs, while policymakers view a stable food source as imperative to national security.

Lincoln University in Missouri is heading a USDA-funded project researching the commodity, but its prohibition created high hurdles for getting the crop off the ground.

Programs that provide drought relief to farmers use the U.S. Drought Monitor to determine eligibility, but some experts say it doesn’t always capture local conditions.

Some are asking Congress to add more crop insurance and disaster assistance for smaller producers in the upcoming US Farm Bill.

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we learn how an Alabama woman is using regenerative farming techniques to offset the effects of climate change. Also, we hear about the throughlines connecting traditional Brazilian music and dance with contemporary ballet, and learn how some incarcerated people must wait months for mental health treatment before they can stand trial.

As the climate changes, some Gulf South producers are focusing on ways to preserve the land.

After a year of climate disasters, farmers and ranchers met to swap seeds and talk about how they're adapting.

The Army Corps of Engineers is expected to open the Morganza Flood Control Structure on Sunday to relieve flooding on the Mississippi River. For those who…

Every summer, a "dead zone" forms in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an area where the oxygen is so low that aquatic mammals can't survive. This year the dead…

Extreme flooding caused major agricultural damage throughout South Louisiana in 2016. Now, struggling farmers are hoping to get help from a $10 million…