The Louisiana Association of United Ways (LAUW), along with 11 United Ways across the state, is pleased to release the United Way ALICE Report for Louisiana.
Soybeans await harvest. (LSU AgCenter Photo)
Low grain prices are not expected to increase soon because of excess supply and lower demand, according to an LSU AgCenter economist who spoke with farmers at a wheat and feed grain meeting on Jan. 21.
“Prices are still under significant pressure,” said Kurt Guidry.
A greenhead horse fly sits next to a drop of blood on human skin. (Photo by Claudia Husseneder, LSU AgCenter)
The presence of a top predator of other invertebrates in Louisiana’s coastal marshes may shed light on how the marshes are recovering from the effects of the BP oils spill in April 2010.
A public hearing will be conducted by the Joint Transportation, Highways, & Public Works Committee in Lafayette on Wednesday.
Employment in education and health services grew by 2,400 jobs in December 2015 to the highest level since the current employment tracking system began in 1990, while Louisiana’s unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, according to seasonally-adjusted data released today by the federal Bureau of L
