Last week we were able to celebrate one of my favorite holidays of the year, St Patrick’s Day. A special day when I always remember my grandmother, whose maiden name was McCarthy.
This year we celebrated St Patrick’s Day with around 85 Farm Bureau members from Louisiana.
Read MoreReady, aim, PULL! The 2022 Louisiana Farm Bureau Sporting Clays Shootout will take place on Friday, April 8 at Los Paloma Sporting Range and Event Center in Benton, La. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. that morning. The cost is $125 per person or $500 per team. Ammunition will be available for purchase at the event.
Read MoreThree icons of Louisiana agriculture will be inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 24.
The new inductees are former director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and current chancellor of LSU Alexandria Paul Coreil, of Alexandria; long time Louisiana Radio Network farm broadcaster Don Molino, of Baton Rouge; and Jim Monroe, of Pineville, the former assistant to the president at Louisiana Farm Bureau, where Monroe worked for 47 years.
Read MoreAs a valued Farm Bureau member, you are invited to participate in this short survey inquiring about your current experience with the Farm Bureau incentive program offered by Ford.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation seeks eligible peanut producers who are interested in serving on the National Peanut Board.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation (LFBF) and Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation will hold their annual Grain Bin Rescue Training workshops in early February across northeast Louisiana. This will be the first in-person workshop since the COVID-19 pandemic canceled workshops in 2020.
Read MoreAmerica's largest farm advocacy group renewed its support of a no-cost sugar policy that creates a level playing field for sugar producers while ensuring a safe, reliable and affordable supply for consumers.
Read MoreMatt Dennis, 28, will represent Louisiana for the American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Achievement Award at the 103rd Annual American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Read MoreJessie Hoover, 35, represented Louisiana in the semi-final rounds of American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Discussion Meet at the 103rd Annual American Farm Bureau Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Read MoreThe American Farm Bureau Federation presented awards to state Farm Bureaus at the organization’s 103rd Convention, which runs through Jan. 12. The awards recognize excellence in implementation of outstanding member programs and membership achievement in 2021.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is still accepting nominations through Dec. 3 for its induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge.
The nomination form can be found online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or at any parish LSU AgCenter extension office.
The nomination form should include the nominee’s major contributions to Louisiana agriculture, any leadership roles, honors and awards received by the nominee, and significant civic and public service accomplishments performed by the nominee.
Read MoreBring your friends and family back home to Louisiana for Thanksgiving dinner this year, because it will be cheaper for them to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings here than the national average.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is now accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreSky darkens, rain pours, wind blows and a hurricane roars, leaving in its wake mangled buildings, roofless grain bins, and uprooted foundation pillars. Barns, shops, equipment—gone. In 2020, Brandon Vail’s farm life was rolled by devastation on a grand scale. Pile on a truck accident from which he crawled from a crushed tin can to survive by a wafer-thin margin—and the pill of 2020 is all the more bitter.
Yet, mettle takes the day. Knocked to the mat in 2020, Vail found his feet, emblematic of the resilience of Louisiana farmers forced to reckon with another wrecking ball. Farming just 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico in the teeth of hurricane country, battling saltwater creep and mosquito plagues, Vail is pushing back with grit against the elements. He will rebuild. “I belong here on this dirt,” he says. “I belong.”
Read MoreMore than one year after Hurricane Laura caused more than $1.6-billion in damage to the state’s agriculture industry, some farmers say assistance has been inadequate.
“It’s very slow to get any type of aid in your pocket,” said farmer Brandon Vail. “It's not a cheap deal to rebuild and rebuilding is going to take several years.”
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