RUSTON, KINDER, and CROWLEY, LA – House Speaker Mike Johnson and his staff visited rice country this week to spend time with members of Louisiana's agriculture industry, including several rice growers and rice industry representatives, and the Speaker’s staff was fortunate to catch rice harvest in action.
In Ruston, LA, the Speaker participated in a panel discussion with American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall and Louisiana Farm Bureau (LAFB) President Richard Fontenot, rice grower from Ville Platte, LA, to celebrate the agriculture victories included in H.R. 1, “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” and to talk about the issues ahead in getting a “skinny” Farm Bill done to continue helping the American farmer and rural communities in Louisiana and across the nation.
