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This week, TWILA’s Karl Wiggers takes us to Shreveport to introduce us to the Mahaffey Farm. May is National Mental Health Month, and we’re sharing a few resources from American Farm Bureau and Louisiana Farm Bureau. We have the latest crawfish prices, and bring you to Tony’s Seafood to see how the season is going. In this week’s Ag Minute, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum shows us a Louisiana twist on how to make pesto sauce. TWILA’s Neil Melancon shows us the next generation of sugarcane, and gives us an update on the copy from the 2020 sugarcane freeze. We wrap up the show by celebrating our very own Kristen Oaks-White. Last week was her birthday, and we share with you another side of her — the painter.

This week, we introduce you to the 2021 Louisiana Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year, Lisa Wiggins. She may look familiar, but we won’t spoil anything! We bring you to Vermilion Parish, where one farmer is providing food to people, and habitats for birds every day. 600 of Louisiana 4-H’s youth was on target at their Annual State Shooting and Sporting event and we have the highlights. Forestry is one of the top commodities in Louisiana, and we take you to Grosse Tete to meet an artist who has a passion for cypress. We switch gears and head to Riverside Coney Island in Monroe — where you’ll find so much karaoke and crawfish, you couldn’t ask for a better Louisiana Saturday Night! Speaking of, we have the latest crawfish prices, and we end the show with some funny farm animals in this week’s TWILA Boost!

We have a new, spicy Field to Feast with Red Stick Spice Company in this week’s new show. But first, we take you to Venice Marina to show you how Louisiana Fishermen celebrated Earth Day. We stay along the coast to tell you about the Terrebonne and Lafourche Farm Bureaus Fishing Rodeo, which will benefit the future of agriculture. Crawfish season is in full swing, but a few bad apples are slowing harvest down. We have the latest crawfish prices, a fresh Ag Minute and a TWILA Boost that will leave you in shear delight!

We have quite the landscape of topics to cover in this week’s new show! TWILA’s Neil Melancon visits Imahara’s Landscape in Baton Rouge and TWILA’s Karl Wiggers shows us how Senator Bill Cassidy is working with nursery owners in Forest Hill to keep their businesses alive. TWILA’s Avery Davidson takes us to Loranger to show us a different kind of herd that will leave you saying ‘Oh Deer’! We have a new Ag Minute and a TWILA Boost that shows us one country singer’s roots in Louisiana Agriculture.

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.