State and national politics will take center stage for the 101st Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention. U.S. Senator John Kennedy will address the state’s largest general farm organization, and all seven announced candidates vying to become Louisiana’s next governor will be at the convention.
Read MoreThe Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau Federation is pleased to announce that two Dwayne A. Zaunbrecher Memorial Scholarship Awards were presented at Kaplan High School.
Emma Nicole Stelly and Morgan Meaux were recipients of 4-year scholarships worth $1,000 per year for 4 years.
Read MoreLouisiana ranchers, sugar cane and soybean farmers cornered congresspersons and regulators last week as the Farm Bill began its legislative journey that will end on the president’s desk, they hope, sometime this year.
A group of Louisiana rice farmers are expected to be on Capitol Hill this week doing pretty much the same.
Read MoreGrant Parish Farm Bureau, Rapides Parish Farm Bureau, Louisiana and Mississippi Farm Bureau Federations and Consolidated Grain & Barge are hosting a workshop and demonstration on Grain Bin Safety & Rescue for Central Louisiana farmers, firefighters and first responders on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Brister Auctions facility (15307 Hwy. 8, Colfax).
Read MoreThree individuals who have spent their careers dedicated to improving agriculture in Louisiana will be the newest inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. The induction will take place at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge March 2.
Read MorePlease make plans to attend the 2023 Mid-South Agricultural Labor Seminar to be held on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at the West Baton Rouge Conference Center, 2750 North Westport Drive, Port Allen, LA 70767.
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued secretarial disaster declarations for an additional five Louisiana parishes due to excessive rains. Those parishes are Bossier, Caddo, Grant, Rapides and West Carroll.
Read MoreThe 2023 American Farm Bureau is currently underway in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Leaders and members are gathering under one roof to discuss issues and how farmers can best overcome them. Tammi Arender is at the convention to catch up with ag industry leaders.
Read MoreOver the past two months, students at five primary schools in Ascension Public Schools participated in the Seed Survivor Mobile Classroom, a program that educates students in grades 3-5 about the importance of agriculture.
In a partnership with the Louisiana Farm Bureau’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions sponsor the initiative called Seed Survivor, a “classroom on wheels” and free, curriculum-based learning experience that encourages children in elementary school to understand what makes plants grow.
Read MoreIt was the best Case scenario for one Louisiana farm dog at the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention.
Case, a four-year-old corgi from Vermilion Parish, is winner of the AFBF People’s Choice Pup social media contest. Case belongs to Louisiana Farm Bureau members Kelsi and Amanda Duhon who entered their pet in the 2023 AFBF Dog of the Year contest.
Read MoreMore than 50 Louisiana Farm Bureau members and their families are here for the first American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) convention held in the U.S. territory.
Read MoreLouisiana's float in the Rose Parade won the Showmanship Award for most outstanding display of showmanship and entertainment today.
The float - Celebration Riverboat - was featured in the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
Read More2022 Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen Allison Powell and former Louisiana Farm Bureau Queen an current Queen Sugar LXXIX Avery Hebert will be featured on the Louisiana Celebration Riverboat float during the Rose Parade on the morning of Monday, Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif.
The float will depict a Louisiana icon — the riverboat or paddlewheel steamboat – decorated entirely with flowers, leaves and seeds.
Read MoreFarmers in 11 Louisiana parishes and another 30 parishes and counties in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are eligible for disaster aid from the USDA. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack sent a letter to La. Governor John Bel Edwards dated December 20, 2022 that Loss Assessment Reports showed sufficient losses in those 11 parishes to warrant a secretarial disaster declaration.
Read MoreOver the past two months, students at six primary schools in Ascension Parish Public Schools participated in the Seed Survivor Mobile Classroom, a program that educates students in grades 3-5 about the importance of agriculture.
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