By Frankie Gould, LSU AgCenter
NEW ORLEANS–Kacie Luckett, a Central and East Baton Rouge Parish native, was selected the 2018 Outstanding Young Farm Woman, Thursday evening at the 96th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention.
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By Avery Davidson, Louisiana Farm Bureau News
NEW ORLEANS—For the second year in a row, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation recognized the Rapides Parish Farm Bureau with the President’s Award. Rapides Parish Farm Bureau President Bill Cheek accepted the award on stage Thursday night at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
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By Chuck Cannon, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
That was the motto Stephen Simoneaux said he used to win the Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet at the 96th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention here at the Marriott Hotel June 21.
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By Neil Melançon, Louisiana Farm Bureau News
NEW ORLEANS — Usually for Jacob and Kari Rumbaugh, each morning begins with a long list of daily chores on their farm in Dixie, La.
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By Avery Davidson, Louisiana Farm Bureau News
NEW ORLEANS—Louisiana’s farmers, ranchers and rural residents are discussing the future of the state’s agriculture at a time of great uncertainty. As they are meeting at the New Orleans Marriott on Canal St., the men and women who represent them are meeting at the U.S. and Louisiana State Capitols.
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By Greg Hilburn, Monroe New Star
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's farmers and ranchers face uncertainty both at home and on a national level as more than 1,000 of them gather here for the annual Farm Bureau Convention with no Farm Bill in place and their state agriculture budget in tatters.
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By Avery Davidson, Louisiana Farm Bureau News
BATON ROUGE—Incomes, immigration and advocacy will dominate the discussion when Louisiana farmers, ranchers and landowners gather in New Orleans for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
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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.
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By 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.
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By 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.
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By 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.
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By 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.
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