drought

The current level of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge is 4.8 feet but the river will fall to 2.5 feet next week.

Due to the persistent drought conditions in the Great Plains and West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering additional relief through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to help ranchers cover above normal costs of hauling livestock to forage or other grazing acres.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, Richland and Tensas parishes in Louisiana as a primary…

From our place on the edge of a Louisiana swamp, I can smell the drought. The usual organic brew of odors is absent. Now it smells like northern New…