More Than a Crown: The Role of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen
By Anna Holmes
Louisiana Farm Bureau News
A crown may distinguish the young woman chosen to serve as Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen, but it is her commitment to agriculture, her passion for people and her willingness to share the stories of Louisiana’s farmers and ranchers that define her role.
Beyond the sash and title is a year of service travelling across the state to represent the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation at agricultural events, community celebrations and educational programs. Through these opportunities, she helps promote a better understanding of agriculture and highlights the farmers and ranchers who work every day to provide food, fiber and forestry products for consumers.
For 2026 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen Jean Treas of Tangipahoa Parish, the role provides an opportunity to advocate for the industry that has shaped her life. As a member of a fifth-generation farming family, Treas will use her own agricultural background to share the story of Louisiana producers. For Treas, agriculture represents more than an occupation; it represents her family, her heritage and the way of life she has known since childhood.
“It’s not just a job for me, it’s a sense of pride,” Treas said. “This is what we do, and this is our family. It’s our way of life.”
With deep roots in Louisiana agriculture, Treas hopes to use her year as queen to advocate for farmers and ranchers while traveling the state to promote agriculture, especially among younger generations.
One of Treas’ goals during her year of service is helping young people better understand where their food comes from and the role farmers play in their everyday lives. Through her family’s agritourism business, Treas has experience connecting consumers with agriculture by sharing her family’s farming story and providing visitors with a closer look at production agriculture and the work that goes into growing and raising the products they use every day. As queen, she hopes to continue that mission by encouraging others to learn more about the farmers and ranchers who help sustain communities across Louisiana.
“It’s exciting when people come up and they want to learn, they want to ask questions,” Treas said. I think a lot of people don’t know what certain things are, so getting to explain that to them and explaining that we do grow that on our farm is something exciting.”
Beyond connecting consumers with agriculture, Treas also hopes to become more involved with the Farm Bureau community and build relationships with fellow producers. She believes Farm Bureau provides an important connection point for farmers, especially young producers who are beginning their journey in agriculture.
“Farmers are in their own world, a lot of people don’t understand them,” Treas said. “Farm Bureau gives them a space to be able to connect and find more people just like them.”
As a young farmer herself, Treas also sees the importance of creating opportunities for the next generation of agricultural leaders to connect and learn from one another.
“It allows that age group to be able to have their central community,” Treas said. “Because yes, you have community with anybody who’s in agriculture, but somebody who’s 19 and 20 is not going to have the same connection with somebody who’s 50, 60 years old. They’re going to have a connection with somebody that’s within their age range.”
As Treas begins her year of service as Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen, she carries with her a responsibility shared by the queens who came before her: representing agriculture with pride, sharing the stories of Louisiana’s producers and helping strengthen the connection between farmers and consumers.