By: Neil Melançon
Baton Rouge, La.—When Camry Martin found out she won the 2020 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture award, she was doing what she normally does.
By Bobby Soileau, Ph.D., LSU AgCenter
NEW ORLEANS – 4-H and raising livestock helped shape Hannah Devall’s youth and career. It also helped her win the 2019 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture award.
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By Carey Martin, Louisiana Farm Bureau News
NEW ORLEANS - It all started with horseback riding lessons in a sugarcane field. Little did Donaldsonville native Jamie Lee know that those lessons were the beginning of a journey that would lead her to win the 2018 Louisiana Farm Bureau Excellence in Agriculture award.
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By 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.
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by Sam Irwin, American Sugar Cane League
for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Even though they are in their early 30’s, Tom and Molly Usrey of Logansport are in an old-fashioned field.
They’re “truck farmers,” growing tomatoes, squash, peppers and other market produce at their three 3.5-acre farm in DeSoto Parish. They’re registered Boer goat breeders, known for its meat production and 4-H show popularity.
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