How can you cut the cost of keeping cool this summer?

Cooling your home this summer could cost nearly $800, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.

LSU Ag Center’s Craig Gautreaux shares simple ways to cut that bill without sacrificing comfort.

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Check out some of the livestream highlights from Elimination Match 3 of the Bass Pro Shops Summit Cup Presented by Zenni, the fourth and final event in the second year of the Fishing Clash Team Series.
Keith Carson and Ron Nelson of Team Fishing Clash boated 17 bass for 36 pounds, 10 ounces to win Elimination Match 3 on Caddo Lake and secure a berth in the Knockout Round.
Feel the earth move as beautiful Belgians, powerful Percherons, and classic Clydesdales thunder into the arena!
You can also watch the final period of each day’s competition LIVE only on RFD-TV (2-5 p.m. ET) and stream all the action with your subscription to RFD-TV Now.

Rural Lifestyle & Entertainment Shows
Filmed in front of a live audience at the historic Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky, “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour” features an eclectic array of popular artists from genres of folk, blues, country, jazz, new-age, and rock.
“California Bountiful” brings you up close with the people, places, food and farms that make California so delicious! The weekly show delivers a fun, entertaining and educational look at California’s farm to fork lifestyle, and everything in between.
How do you define Texas? It starts with wide open spaces. It’s a beautiful, enchanted land full of amazing people and places. Then there are the cities and towns—big and small—each with its own culture and way of life. When you add these things together, you have an incredible mix of personalities that make Texas what it is today.
Hop in and travel with J.B. Sauceda on a road trip to discover ordinary people doing extraordinary things on the back roads of Texas. TCR’s longtime hosts Bob & Kelli Phillips have passed the keys to a new storyteller, who will continue the journey to uncover uplifting stories about oddball collectors, thought-provoking artists, and everyday heroes making the world a better place.
Each week, “Rural Heritage” on RFD-TV treats its viewers to stories of farmers borrowing from yesterday to do the work of today. Using hand tools, natural farming methods and draft animal power, these men and women successfully compete with their neighbors who instead employ large, expensive modern machinery and rely on chemical fertilizers and insecticides to grow their crops.