Students with hands-on experience raising livestock, poultry, or equine will have an opportunity to earn financial support for college through the Purina Animal Nutrition Scholarship starting March 18, a program established by Land O’Lakes, Inc. to support the next generation of agricultural leaders.

The scholarship program awards up to 10 students each year with $3,000 scholarships to help cover undergraduate education expenses at accredited two-year or four-year colleges, universities, or vocational-technical schools in the United States.

On Wednesday, Louisiana State Senator Michael Fesi introduced Senate Bill 152, and on Thursday, State Representative Rodney Schamerhorn introduced House Bill 512, companion measures that would prohibit the advertising, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of lab-grown meat products for human consumption in the state. The bills define lab-grown meat as animal tissue grown from cells outside of a living animal.

CattleCon 2026, the premiere event of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, broke records for attendance in Nashville, with over 9,500 attendees. The event brought together cattle producers from all 50 states and across the globe to talk about national and international challenges and opportunities associated with cattle. Because the Delta does it just a bit differently, Farm Press caught up with state representatives from Arkansas and Louisiana to find out the challenges local cattle producers brought to the attention of national experts and strategists.