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We kick off the show with a hot topic in Washington — Infrastructure. TWILA’s Avery Davidson show us how the infrastructure bill that passed the Senate could help Louisiana, but it’s at a cost. TWILA’s Tammi Arender takes us to northeastern Louisiana, where we meet third-generation pilots who help farmers grow their crops. TWILA’s Neil Melancon takes us to Lake Charles to revisit Brandon and Danielle Vail, who are still recovering from damages from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020. Rice harvest is in full swinging, and TWILA’s Karl Wiggers has some farm and road safety tips for this year’s harvest season. LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux gives us a sneak peak at sugarcane research at the LSU AgCenter, and our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum gives us a taste of their Red Beans and Rice exhibit. We wrap up the show with a cold beer from Parish Brewing Company, as we dig into our archives for this week’s TWILA Boost.

To start this week’s show off, we take you to Vermilion Parish, where TWILA’s Karl Wiggers show us Young Farmers & Ranchers educating the next generation of agriculture. LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux takes us to central Louisiana, were fields are finally drying up after a wet spring. TWILA’s Neil Melancon shows us why prices are going up at the grocery stores, and our friend at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum shows us how a tasty cocktail can be both hot and cold! TWILA’s Jennifer Finley takes us to Oil City for this week’s Field to Feast, where to meet Marty Wooldridge — a cattleman with a passion for agriculture and a great recipe for his grilled New York Strips, fresh off the farm! TWILA’s 40th Anniversary is coming up, and we dig up a blast from the past from our This Week in Your Town in this Week’s TWILA Boost.

This week, TWILA’s Jennifer Finley takes us to Commander’s Palace in New Orleans to meet their trailblazing executive chef. Speaking of trailblazing women, we introduce you to LSU AgCenter’s Ashley Edwards in this edition of the LSU AgCenter Faculty Spotlight. TWILA’s Neil Melancon show us an invasion of army worms in Franklin Parish, and the damage they’re causing in fields. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers catches up with Dustin Morris to get a preview fo this year’s corn harvest. Our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum have a cool treat for us in the middle of this heat wave, and we pull from the TWILA Archive in this week’s TWILA Boost. Remember out TWILA Reporting for Duty series?? In this edition, TWILA’s Kristen Oaks returns home to work on her father’s poultry farm for the day.

We kick off the show in north Louisiana, where TWILA’s Neil Melancon introduces us to a farmer whose love for the soil brings soul to her community. Leave it to TWILA’s Avery Davidson to find a beer that’s dog gone good, and a cattleman whose cattle can agree. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers takes us to Louisiana Tech Meat Lab, where students are getting hands on training to learn about processing livestock. It’s blueberry season, and TWILA’s Jennifer Finley take us to Ponchatoula to see blueberry harvest, and where you can pick up some fresh blueberries. We have highlight a southern gem in this week’s Ag Minute, and TWILA’s Jennifer Finley takes us to Doc’s Bee Hives, where his bees are living large. We wrap up the show with Farmer Derek buttering his cattle in this week’s TWILA Boost.

This week, we remember former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and the impact he had on Louisiana Agriculture. TWILA’s Avery Davidson tells us about a dairyman who you may know from the Red Stick Farmer’s Market is in trouble, and how you can help a Feliciana Parish Dairy farmer in need. TWILA’s Neil Melancon show us how one New Orleans stable is thriving during the pandemic, by bringing fresh seafood to the community. LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux has the highlights from the 2021 LSU AgCenter Rice Field Day, and we wrap up the show with a delicious Field to Feast that has a good beet, and some delicious beef.

TWILA’s Avery Davidson gives us the highlights, and tells us the winners from the 99th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers takes us to Livingston Parish to introduce us to a LSU AgCenter Extension agent with a passion for agriculture and Young Farmers & Ranchers. We feature a special video about the resilience of Louisiana Agriculture, created by TWILA’s Kristen Oaks-White. We’re sure you’re looking forward to a 4th of July cookout, and we take a look at those prices. LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux tells us to impact the record-breaking rain and heat have had on sweet potato planting, and we bring you an Ag Minute from the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.

This week, we’re bracing ourselves for some rough weather. LSU AgCenter Climatologist Jay Grymes joins us on set to give us more information on what rainfall we could expect Father’s Day weekend. LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux has an update on this year’s wet wheat harvest. TWILA's Neil Melancon bring us the story of one farmer who's re-stocking the Cajun Prairie with native seeds, while helping to grow his cattle operation. TWILA’s Jennifer Finley brings us to the Louisiana Farm Bureau Fishing Rodeo, where some avid anglers reeled in more than $16,000 for two programs benefiting the future of agriculture. We celebrate National Dairy Month, we take a look a the tail end of crawfish season, and we show you a video by Sendero Provisions Co., showing us the deep values of one American rancher in this week’s TWILA Boost.

This week, we introduce you to the 2021 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award finalists — Randall and Erica Cooper of East Baton Rouge Parish, Matt Dennis of East Carroll Parish and Robert and Rachel Duncan of Rapides. These farmers have such fantastic stories behind their lives and their farms, the TWILA Team is happy we don’t have to pick the winner! Best of luck to all YF&R Achievement Award contestants. We have a new Field to Feast, featuring Gator and Grits, and we have the latest crawfish prices.

This week, TWILA’s Avery Davidson show us how Louisiana’s road conditions are hurting Louisiana farmers. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers show us where soybean planting is, and how farmers are persevering through weeks of wet weather. TWILA’s Jennifer Finley takes us to Loranger to meet Ashley Baradell of A&A Acres, a first generation chicken and duck farmer. Our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum give us a lesson on the origins of the ice box, we look at high timber prices and low crawfish prices. A 4-H Star is born in this week’s TWILA Boost, and we have an update on upcoming events for the 99th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention.

Veggies, crawfish tails, and gators... we’ve got a delicious show lined up for you this week! TWILA’s Neil Melancon takes us to Vermilion Parish to an alligator farm, to show us the impact the pandemic had on Louisiana alligator farmers. TWILA’s Karl Wiggers takes us to Holden to introduce us to produce farmers, The Farmer’s Darlin. If you pick up any banana bell peppers from there, our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum will show you how you can pickle them! TWILA’s Jennifer Finely has crawfish on her mind, as she takes us to Church Point to see Dave’s Crawdads operation. She brings crawfish tails back to Baton Rouge celebrity chef, Jay Ducote, and trust us you won’t want to miss this fantastic dish using all Louisiana local ingredients! In this week’s TWILA Boost, we remind you that no one farms alone.