Cajun Crawfish Farmer Leads Louisiana's Most Powerful Agriculture Group

By Greg Hilburn

Shreveport Times

Acadiana Farmer Richard Fontenot will continue to lead Louisiana's most influential agriculture voice as president of Farm Bureau, which wields considerable political clout and lobbies to set policy for the state's $13 billion industry.

Fontenot was elected June 21 to a third one-year term as president at the Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans.

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