Fertile Field: Louisiana Governor Candidates Court Farm Bureau Members at Convention
By Greg Hilburn, The News Star, Monroe
Louisiana's largest annual gathering of farmers will be the epicenter of state politics this weekend in New Orleans at the annual Farm Bureau Federation Convention, where every major governor's candidate will court support. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards returns to the event he believes kick-started his then long-shot campaign in 2015 when GOP favorite U.S. Sen. David Vitter lashed out at Farm Bureau leadership after Vitter was indirectly asked about a prostitution scandal during a candidate forum.