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By: Neil Melançon and Kristen Oaks-White
Baton Rouge, La.—The 2020 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award winner is Phillip Tomlinson of East Carroll Parish. This is the top award presented annually to a Louisiana farmer or rancher 35 or younger who’s main income is from production agriculture and shows innovation and financial stability on their operation.
Read MoreElected to replace Harper as first vice-president was Marty Wooldridge, a cattle rancher from Caddo Parish. Wooldridge previously served as chair of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee, served on the state board for District I and is the Livestock Advisory Committee Chairman.
Read MoreBaton Rouge, La.— Jim Harper, a rice, crawfish, sugarcane and soybean farmer in Rapides Parish, has been elected as the 12th president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau.
Read MoreBaton Rouge, La.— The 98th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation is underway with the safety and well being of members in mind.
Read MoreThe annual meetings of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., its Voting Delegates and its affiliated companies will be held virtually and in person on June 26, 2020 and June 27, 2020.
Read MoreBy Frankie Gould, LSU AgCenter
NEW ORLEANS—Growing up on the family farm in Illinois, Rob Sharkey took over the business after college and invested in hog production.
Read MoreBy Chuck Cannon, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS, La. — If the 2019 Talk Meet at the 97th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation in New Orleans is any indication, the future of the state’s agriculture is in good hands.
Read MoreBy Craig Gautreaux, Ph.D., LSU AgCenter
NEW ORLEANS — For a family farm to survive one hundred years, it needs a little luck. It also really needs people willing to work extremely hard for mostly very small rewards.
Read MoreBy Chuck Cannon, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS — Young vocalists, dancers and musicians regaled attendees here at the 97th Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation with their amazing performances, but in the end it was a 16-year old violinist and 12-year old dancer who claimed first place in the Talent Contests on June 21.
Read MoreBy Tobie Blanchard, LSU College of Agriculture
NEW ORLEANS — On her farm in Sabine Parish, Megan Cook is checking cattle, mending fences and bailing hay—tasks she has done with her grandfather since she was a teenager.
Read MoreBy Carey Martin and Lacey Dodson, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
NEW ORLEANS - Farming isn’t in his family, but it is in his soul. In 2008, Adam Caughern was fresh out of college with the dream of becoming a farmer. Eleven years later, Adam and his wife Megan have not only become first-generation farmers, they were named Louisiana’s best young farmers at the 97th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.
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