Hurricane Season Is Here: Make Plans Before a Storm Hits
Hurricane season is here for 2021 and is expected to be an active one. Now is the time to prepare.
“I’m urging everyone to have a plan in place for you, your family, your property and your pets/livestock in the event you are in the path of a storm,” said Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain.
Louisiana residents should have a plan in place for their property, pets and/or livestock in the event a storm threatens.
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Strain Requests Investigation Of US Meatpacking Industry
Read the letter that was sent last week to the US Attorney General from Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain.
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Prepare for Hurricane Season
Hurricane season is right around the corner and the 2021 hurricane season is expected to be an active one. Now is the time to prepare.
“I’m urging everyone to have a plan in place for you, your family, your property and your pets/livestock in the event you are in the path of a storm,” said Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain, D.V.M.
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Rapides Parish Designated Natural Disaster Area
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated Rapides Parish as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by the winter storm and ice that occurred from Feb. 15-21, 2021, may be eligible for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
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East Feliciana Parish Man Arrested In Tangipahoa Parish For Stolen Livestock
An East Feliciana Parish man is behind bars accused of stealing 11 head of cattle from a livestock market in Tangipahoa Parish.
Thirty-three year old Eric D. Banford, 3768 Richmond Drive, Ethel, La., turned himself in to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Friday morning following an investigation by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF’s) Brand Commission.
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Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer Dead At 77
Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer dead at 77
Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday at age 77, the Associated Press is reporting.
His son, Chas Roemer, said the former governor died peacefully at his home in Baton Rouge after a long battle with diabetes. He was surrounded by family, Chas Roemer said.
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Prepare for Termite Season
While termites are active year round, most species of subterranean termites tend to swarm in the spring and summer months here in Louisiana. That is why Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is reminding property owners to remain vigilant and protect their properties.
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