In the heart of South Louisiana, two brothers are proving that innovation can sprout from tradition even when it starts in a rice field. Mike and Mark Fruge, founders of Fruge Aquafarms and the JT ...

During the visit, the group met with the UK Rice Association to discuss market conditions and later toured Wanis, an ...

This photo shows black-bellied whistling ducks in Louisiana. Jeff Durand has grown rice in St. Martinville Parish for decades, beginning in the 1980s when his family decided to clear the woodland ...

ROANOKE, La. (WAFB) - Burt Tietje is a third generation Louisiana rice farmer who now spends half of his time harvesting crawfish. “We were a bunch of German grain farmers out here, but in 1970, we ...

Drive about an hour south of Lafayette, turn down a low-lying road that runs only yards away from the Vermilion River, and keep your eyes peeled for alligators. This primeval Louisiana landscape is ...