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By Kristen Oaks-White, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
In the lush pastures and rolling hills of Kent farms, cows happily graze where the green grass grows. Russell and Amelia Kent have grown more than cattle here, though. In their fields in the Tangipahoa and Feliciana Parishes, they've raised a business which has earned them the 2017 Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award during the 95th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
Read MoreBy Allie Doise, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Sloane Marie Judice of Iberia Parish couldn’t hide her excitement, gasping with disbelief as her name was called as the 2017 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen Saturday night during Farm Bureau's 95th Annual Convention.
Read MoreBy Frankie Gould, LSU AgCenter
NEW ORLEANS - The energy, poise and professionalism of the nine contestants in this year’s Louisiana Farm Bureau Talk Meet made selection of the winner almost impossible for the judges.
In the end, William Gaspard’s “Put the Label on the Table,” took top prize. The Avoyelles Parish youth had more than just a clever title for his 5-minute presentation, but was nevertheless taken by surprise by the win.
Read MoreBy Greg Hilburn, USA TODAY Network
NEW ORLEANS — Just in case you were wondering, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon do plan to run for re-election in 2019. Both chose to make that clear here during the 95th Louisiana Farm Bureau Annual Convention, an event where politicians flock to court votes.
Read MoreBy Allie Doise, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS - Lisa Owens and Karen Parrino may have very different curriculums’ in their classrooms, but they are united by a single goal.
Owens decided to bring agriculture into her English classroom at Homer High School. Parrino has used agriculture to help touch the lives of her kindergarten students at North Live Oak Elementary.
Read MoreBy Greg Hilburn, USA TODAY Network
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain officially announced during the Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention he will seek a fourth four-year term in 2019.
Read MoreBy Neil Melancon, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS--With the EPA rescinding the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule under the Clean Water Act this week, Louisiana farmers and ranchers should have felt refreshed.
For many here at the 95th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau here, it's also rescinding an ocean of fear that has washed over the state since WOTUS was passed. The rule would have over-regulated not only Louisiana agriculture, but everyone in the state.
Read MoreBy Neil Melancon, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS - More than 50,000 acres of ranchland baking in the Arizona summer sun would be a tough challenge for anyone.
At 77 years old, it would seem like it for owner and rancher Jim Chilton. He’s used to it by now, though, handling his horses and barbed wire fences with a spryness that belies his age. What he’s never gotten used to, however, is the drug cartels that cross his land daily.
Read MoreBy Dr. Bobby Soileau
NEW ORLEANS - Daughter, wife, mother, volunteer, advocate and farmer all describe Katie Sistrunk. She is also this year’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture winner at the 2017 Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Convention in New Orleans.
Read MoreBy Veronica Mosgrove
NEW ORLEANS - A Vermilion Parish rice and crawfish farmer is this year's Outstanding Young Farm Woman. Thirty-one year old Natachia Stelly received the award at the 95th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans on June 29, 2017.
Read MoreBy Allie Doise, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS — The Rapides Parish Farm Bureau took home this year’s President’s Trophy, the top honor awarded by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, during state’s largest general farm organization’s 95th annual convention Thursday.
Read MoreBy Greg Hilburn, USA Today Network
NEW ORLEANS — Nothing is off limits for Natachia Stelly at her family's 2,800-acre rice, crawfish and cattle farm in Abbeville.From checking traps to filling sacks to managing the family restaurant, you may find Stelly in a boat, tending a pot of boiling bugs and corn or on a tractor, her husband and partner Adlar said.
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