There is a certain irony in the fact that one of the most recognizable pieces of equipment on the Rushing family's cattle farm may be a feed truck with a broken door.
For thousands of people who follow Macy Rushing on TikTok, that truck has become a familiar part of their day.
Read MoreOn a farm in Rapides Parish, the next generation is already learning the family business.
Robert and Rachel Duncan's three young daughters follow their parents through soybean fields, check cattle and find plenty of ways to get their hands dirty.
Read MoreBefore rice makes it onto a dinner plate, it spends months growing beneath a Louisiana sky, dependent on weather, water, markets and the people who work the fields.
For Gerard Frey and Garrett Cormier, it is also the center of a life they have chosen to build around family, hard work and the land.
Read MoreIn the sugarcane fields where the fertile soil meets the steel skyline of industry, Frankie and Mallory Sotile are holding on to a crop and a way of life.
Read MoreDylan and Shelby Laster’s farm in Marion is a place where tradition meets innovation, where technology works hand-in-hand with hard work, and where family roots run deep. As finalists for the Louisiana Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award, the Lasters are not just raising chickens and cattle — they’re raising a future.
Read MoreBy the time most people sit down to a plate of crawfish or a bowl of rice, the farmer who produced it is often far removed from the meal.
For Dylan Benoit, that connection is a little more direct.
Benoit farms rice and crawfish in southwest Louisiana, producing food that eventually makes its way to seafood markets and consumers in Louisiana and beyond. During crawfish season, his days revolve around boats, traps, bait, water and the people who help bring the crop in from the ponds.
Read MoreButch Oaks remembers when farming meant five-gallon buckets.
As a boy in northeast Louisiana, he spent time around the small dairies and farms that dotted the area. If he wanted to make some spending money, he could ride his bicycle to one of roughly 25 dairies nearby, many of which milked a few dozen cows and also raised chickens.
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