Agriculture Bills Signed into Louisiana Law by Gov. Edwards

BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards signed twenty bills from the 2018 Legislative Session into law on Thursday, May 3. Three of those bills affect Louisiana agriculture. 

ACT 3 – SB 167 Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

ACT 8 – HB 313 Provides for the frequency of meetings of the Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission

ACT 9 – HB 325 Establishes a permit fee for milk, dairy farms, and milk processing plants