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Nearly 500 hundred Louisiana laws take effect today (8/15/08) CityBusiness

Farmers hope import plan doesn't hurt prices (8/11/08) CityBusiness

Fall shrimp season opening announced (8/8/08) CityBusiness

Outdoors bring in the money for Louisiana (7/30/08) CityBusiness

More seeking N.O. food bank as fuel, grocery prices rise (7/15/08)

Shrimping largely going on hiatus Monday in La. (6/28/08) Times-Picayune

New regulations in effect for Louisiana oyster industry (6/27/08) CityBusiness

LRA grants cast net of frustration for fisheries (6/23/08) Times-Picayune

Bug may threaten citrus crop (6/21/08) Times-Picayune

Summit tackles 'dead zone' (6/18/08) Times-Picayune

St. Tammany officials: Spillway opening causing algae blooms (6/17/08) CityBusiness

Help available for ailing fishers, shrimpers (6/13/08) CityBusiness

Too many tomatoes? Never! (6/12/08) Times-Picayune

Safe at Home (6/11/2008) Times-Picayune

Jindal endorses plans for using rubble of twin spans (6/11/2008) Times-Picayune

Experts: Creole tomatoes not affected by salmonella outbreak (6/10/2008) CityBusiness

Invasive pest found on Orleans, Jefferson parish citrus (6/9/08) CityBusiness

A sour future? (6/8/08) Times-Picayune

Sugar may be sweet on ethanol (5/25/08) Times-Picayune

Congress plows past critics to pass farm bill (5/17/08) Times-Picayune 

Editorial: fishing for help (6/3/08) Times-Picayune  

Fishers say aid package for La. is too watered down (5/30/08) Times Picayune

The state is preparing to hand out $27 million to help individual fishers who sustained losses in hurricanes  (5/28/08) Times-Picayune

Committee crawfishes on imported seafood disclosure (5/7/08) Times Picayune

FEMA aid set up for public marinas (5/26/08) Times Picayune

Economic pressures force shrimpers to consider a shorter season (5/22/08) CityBusiness

Economic aide available to Louisiana fishermen, seafood dealers (5/22/08) CityBusiness

Shrimp: Another high-water victim (5/21/08) CityBusiness

COMMENTARY: Higher costs, lower profits wiping out shrimp industry (5/14/08)  CityBusiness

Inflation pressures ease despite food price jump (5/14/08) CityBusiness

New personalized red snapper quotas give Gulf fishers more freedom to reel in their catch (5/5/08) Times-Picayune

Shrimp fleet closer to setting anchor (4/28/08) Times-Picayune

La. shrimpers hope report will make customers think (4/26/08) Times-Picayune

Proposal would turn rubble into reef (4/20/08) Times Picayune

Proposal would make agriculture department comply with public bid law (4/9/08) CityBusiness

Louisiana farmers turn to sandbagging as Mississippi River rises (4/2/08) CityBusiness

Gulf captains lament new federal red snapper rules (3/28/08) CityBusiness

Whole Foods taste tests Mandeville-made sweetener (3/28/08) Times-Picayune

Feeling the pinch (3/24/08) Times Picayune

SUSTA boss to help shape U.S. trade policy (3/14/08) CityBusiness

Farmers cultivate top-grade public opinion (3/14/08) City Business

Attorney general's office agrees to hear crawfish price-fixing allegations (3/13/08) City Business

Crawfish farmers want state investigation into wholesalers (3/6/08) CityBusiness

Momentum builds for N.O. food co-op (2/27/08) CityBusiness

Hello Cuba: Fidel's farewell could mean business for Bayou state (2/25/08) CityBusiness

Whole Foods king cake sales net $14,611 for shrimpers (2/18/08) CityBusiness

Slow crawfish season is picking up (2/14/08) CityBusiness

Feds reduce quotas on red snapper catch (1/30/08) Times-Picayune

State group approves money to aid biofuel plant in Ascension (1/23/08) Associated Press

Farm Markets in Louisiana(1/22/08) Associated Press

Agriculture chief starts off with a bang (1/16/08) Times-Picayune

NAFTA, Farm Bill are double-trouble (1/14/08) Times-Picayune

Good riddance to MR-GO (12/26/07) Times-Picayune

Cane harvest ending (12/22/07) Associated Press

Good year for agriculture (12/22/07) Times-Picayune

Hunting, fishing report not all doom and gloom (12/18/07) CityBusiness

Corn boom expected to expand gulf dead zone (12/17/07) CityBusiness

Gulf fish-farming proposal spawns critics (12/12/07) CityBusiness

Fish Factories (12/09/07) Times-Picayune

LSU AgCenter returning to New Orleans (11/01/07) CityBusiness

Fishing recovery money coming (9/25/07) Times-Picayune

$19M program to speed recovery Louisiana fishing industry (9/18/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

Louisiana cotton crop slashed in half (8/30/07) Times-Picayune

Corn glut develops in La. (8/19/07) Times-Picayune

Limited Armstrong departures keep flying fish grounded (8/17/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

ConAgra warehouse opens in St. Bernard. (8/09/07) Times-Picayune

Gator Raiders  (7/24/07) Times-Picayune

Rain to boost harvest in La. (7/22/07) Times-Picayune

Rough waters (7/10/07) Times-Picayune

'A Dying Business' (7/08/07) Times-Picayune

Developers clear zoning hurdle (7/04/07) Times-Picayune

Analysts question biodiesel as fuel for state economy (7/3/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

House OKs dead zone money  (6/28/07)Times-Picayune

On the line  (6/26/07) Times-Picayune

Officials lobby for state's fishing industry (6/18/07) Times-Picayune

Gulf dead-zone efforts faulted (6/12/07) Times-Picayune

Gulf's dead zone growing, despite pledge to control (6/10/07) Times-Picayune

Red snapper quotas cut nearly in two (6/8/07) Times-Picayune

Snapper judgments: Fishers can expect stricter quotas on the highly prized zealously fished red snapper (6/4/07)Times-Picayune

Wanted: Louisiana fishers with new ideas (5/30/07)  Times-Picayune

Shrimp group feud boils over (5/29/07)  Times-Picayune

Blue haul (5/24/07) Times-Picayune

Turtle farmers take fight to the halls of Congress (5/15/07) Times-Picayune

Corps: Levee construction will net returns for fishermen  (5/14/07)New Orleans CityBusiness

Tariff dispute nets jumbo headaches for shrimpers (5/7/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

Raising Louisiana 1 will benefit the state's energy industry, but in tiny Leeville, shrimpers and residents worry they'll be passed by (5/3/07) Times-Picayune

Storms muddy waters for La. fishers (5/2/07) Times-Picayune

Iraqi Trade Minister to visit Louisiana at Landrieu's request (4/26/07) U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu

Strawberry zeal forever (4/12/07) Times-Picayune

Mudbugs rebound (2/24/07) Times-Picayune

Louisiana forestry struggling to repair billions in damage (2/8/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

Experts predict large crawfish crop for 2007 (1/22/07) New Orleans CityBusiness

Ethanol plant investor has sweet dreams  (1/21/07)Times-Picayune

Agriculture secretary seeks better farm bill (1/11/07) Times-Picayune

LRA sinks $20M into reeling fishing industry (12/14/06) New Orleans CityBusiness

Oil royalties were small part of tax package (12/14/06) Times-Picayune

Squeezed by the storm (12/2/06) Associated Press

Sugar mill denied state support (12/1/06) Times-Picayune

Blanco tops Odom in mill dispute (11/30/06) New Orleans CityBusiness

Bunkie sugar mill vote today (11/30/06) Times-Picayune

Sweet deal may keep mill afloat  (11/27/06)Times-Picayune

Sugar mill starts off in a sticky situation (11/27/06) Times-Picayune

Fishey "catfish" swims over from the east (11/26/06) Associated Press

A surprisingly good year for Louisiana pecans (11/24/06) Associate Press

Senator's son-in-law would gain from mill (11/22/06) Times-Picayune

Pecans far from gone in Louisiana (11/21/06) New Orleans CityBusiness

Grist for the mill (11/18/06) Times-Picayune

Sugar mill financing decision delayed (11/17/06) Times-Picayune

Pork with a side of syrup (11/16/06) Times-Picayune

Fishers fighting Vietnam trade bill (11/16/06) Times-Picayune

Latest study says sugar syrup mill will be feasible (11/15/06) Times-Picayune

Bond panel to review new syrup mill plan (11/15/06) Times-Picayune

Suit seeks to end Gulf bluefin tuna fishery (11/4/06) Times-Picayune

Odom gets approval for Bunkie mill; Bond Commission decides next (11/3/06) Times-Picayune

Sugar farmers want state funds for mill (10/26/06) New Orleans CityBusiness

Plan to cut red snapper quotas draws intense opposition (10/24/06) Times-Picayune

Scientists tout shrimp farming potential (9/14/06) Times-Picayune