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By 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.
Read MoreBy Craig Gautreaux and Randy LaBauve
NEW ORLEANS — Adam Caughern, a 32-year-old Caddo Parish farmer, won the Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet contest at the 95th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation State Convention. Participants in the competition simulate a meeting to discuss important agricultural issues.
Read MoreBy Greg Hilburn, USA TODAY Network
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana farmers may not have faced the 10 Biblical plagues during the last two years, but sometimes it feels like it.
"Basically, we've been getting hammered in the north and the south," said Caddo Parish cattle rancher Marty Wooldrige. "There has been drought, floods and now back to drought in some areas."
"It's been relentless," said Acadiana farmer Richard Fontenot of the flooding in southern Louisiana. "I thought 2016 was rough, but 2017 comes and here we go again."
Read MoreBy Carey Martin, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS - President Trump wants to build a wall to secure America's borders, but Louisiana farmers and ranchers have become increasingly dependent on immigrant labor to keep their farms running.
It's a dilemma that is on the minds of farmers and ranchers attending the 95th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation convention here in the Big Easy.
Read MoreA record number of Louisiana farmers and ranchers started arriving in New Orleans Wednesday for the state's largest farm convention.
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation is holding its 95th annual convention at the New Orleans Marriott Thursday through Sunday.
Read MoreYimmi Fontenot of Jeff Davis Parish couldn’t hide her excitement, gasping with disbelief as her name was called as the 2016 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen, Saturday night during Farm Bureau's 94th Annual Convention.
Read MoreA piece from the comedic opera, Pirates of Penzance, wowed the judges and the audience alike at this year's Senior Talent Competition at the 94th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau.
Read MoreKatie Sistrunk of Iberville Parish loves to talk and blames it all on her dad.
That love to talk helped Sistrunk win the Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet at the 94th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans.
Read MoreWith a spring in her step and hitting the high notes, 11-year-old Ava Schmidt of Lafayette Parish sang her way to victory at the junior talent contest during the 94th annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation convention in New Orleans Friday night.
Read MoreThe exuberance and creativity of a number of youth were on display during the Louisiana Farm Bureau's Talk Meet.
Tyler Bergeron from Pointe Coupee Parish won the 2016 competition.
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