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Louisiana just had two important congressional elections, and we have the results. TWILA’s Jennifer Finley and TWILA’s Avery Davidson introduce us to two women making their mark on Louisiana Agriculture, in honor of National Women’s Month. Taylor Frey shows us farmers making a positive difference in their soil. Our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum shows us how to care for a kitchen staple. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers try his hand at his first crawfish boil in Crawfish Boil 101, and we have crawfish prices around the state. We’re wrapping up the show celebrating National Agriculture Week with a special video from Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau.

This week, TWILA’s Neil Melancon shows us, Bayou Rum, just off of I-10 in Lacassine, is taking local, Louisiana sugarcane and sharing that sweet spirit with the whole world. Taylor Frey shows us, one Colorado oil and gas company found hope by using its equipment to clean dairy lagoons across the country, including Duncan Acres Dairy right here in Louisiana. TWILA’s Jennifer Finley takes us to Tony’s Seafood and to Chef Yvette’s kitchen, where she shows us a dish that celebrates Mardi Gras, and will fill you up through Lenten season. We show the latest crawfish prices, and wrap up by celebrating Women’s Month.

We have a TWILA Takeover this week! Louisiana FFA hosts the show, and gives us a glimpse into the FFA’s past, where they are at now, and how the Alumni are helping the future of the organization. We take a look at crawfish prices, and give and take an Ag Minute to give you the history on Absinthe. We honor 2021 Louisiana Ag Hall of Distinction inductee Ronnie Anderson, and wrap up the show with behind-the-scenes of making a blue icon.

This week we have the latest damages to Louisiana Agriculture from Winter Storms Uri and Viola. We visit local nurseries for damages from the ice, and tips on surveying your own landscape. We take a look at crawfish production and prices. We take an Ag Minute break to learn about King Cake babies, and we salute farmers and ranchers battling ice and snow to save their livestock.

In this week’s show, TWILA’s Avery Davidson takes us to Palmetto, Louisiana, where one farmer is converting his land from one use to another, while also helping the environment. A 4-H agent from Ascension Parish shares her perspective, as her students prepare for the State Livestock Show. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers takes us back to the St. Helena Farmer’s Market, where we meet vendors who are selling homemade goods and produces. We learn about how to use all of Louisiana citrus, peel and all, in this week’s Ag Minute, and we have an oyster shell of a Field to Feast, just in time for Valentine’s Day! We wrap up the show with cow art in this week’s TWILA Boost.

We kick of Black History month with teacakes made by Junius Dillard, who takes us into his kitchen to see how these special delights are made. TWILA’s Neil Melancon show us new initiative taking roots in Baton Rouge, and TWILA’s Karl Wiggers show us what’s In Season at the St. Helena Farmers Market. TWILA’s Avery Davidson walks us through all 136 days of the 2020 sugarcane harvest season. Strawberry season is off to an early start, and we wrap up the show with a fitting TWILA Boost for Super Bowl weekend.

It’s beginning to look a lot like crawfish season, and TWILA’s Avery Davidson gives us the latest on this year’s season. TWILA’s Neil Melancon takes us to Opelousas, where the seeds of Louisiana agriculture’s future are being planted. We say also say farewell for now to Chef Tory McPhail, and we have a round of new podcasts ready for your listening pleasure. We wrap up the show with a sweet TWILA Boost.