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This Week in Louisiana Agriculture, Avery introduces us to the final two candidates seeking the Louisiana Governor seat this fall– Jeff Landry and John Schroder. We also meet the Louisiana Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year and see how she is helping children better understand the role agriculture plays in their daily lives.

It’s June, which means we are gearing up for the Louisiana Farm Bureau’s 101st Annual Convention. In this week’s episode, we meet the three finalists for the Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award and some of the Louisiana Farm Bureau staff who are working behind the scenes. You can catch all that and more in This Week in Louisiana Agriculture!

It’s strictly business in this week’s episode of TWILA– insurance agents, a capitol visit, gubernatorial candidates, and beef sales. Karl Wiggers heads on a farm tour with a group of unique visitors, Louisiana Farm Bureau agents. Neil Melcacon is at the Louisiana's state capitol with a group of Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers. Avery Davidson introduces us to the only woman in the Louisiana governor race. Breann Hendrickson takes us to Louisiana Tech's 50th Annual Farm Production Sale. Catch all that and more in This Week in Louisiana Agriculture!

Hurricanes, politics, and flowers– that’s what happening This Week in Louisiana Agriculture! In this week’s episode, Neil Melancon takes us to New Orleans to show us how hurricane-hunting crews are preparing for the upcoming season. Avery Davidson introduces us to two more candidates seeking the Louisiana Governor seat this fall. And Breann Hendrickson has a blooming Boost just in time for Mother’s Day.

Crop updates, farm tours, and politics… we’ve got a little bit of everything in this week’s episode of TWILA. Karl Wiggers takes us to Franklin Parish to see how three-week-old corn weathered the hard frost earlier this spring. Avery Davidson starts introducing us to the candidates running for Louisiana Governor. Finally, Breann Hendrickson takes us on a Northwest Louisiana farm with the Louisiana Women in Agriculture.

Spring is in full swing, and so are Louisiana's farmers and legislature! Breann Hendrickson takes us to the Louisiana Women In Agriculture Conference And Expo in Alexandria, Louisiana. Avery Davidson reports on the 10th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Show. Neil Melancon visits a mayhaw orchid in Caldwell Parish to get an update on this year’s crop. We also have a legislative update, Feasting On Agriculture segment, and Earth Day Boost!

We have a new episode of TWILA ready for you! Karl Wiggers tags along as American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall experiences crawfish farming for the first time. Avery Davidson shows us how sugarcane is helping make a new kind of cattle feed in Napoleonville, while Neil Melançon shows us how river cane is being used to make duck calls in Central Louisiana. And Breann Hendrickson takes us to the annual Louisiana 4-H Food Challenge.

We are all over the state (and even across state lines) in this week’s episode of TWILA! Karl Wiggers brings us to Rolling Fork, Mississippi where Louisiana Farm Bureau members and staff are helping their neighbors recently devastated by a number of tornadoes. Breann Hendrickson is in Monroe, Louisiana showing us how a late cold snap damaged wine grapes. Avery Davidson travels off the beaten path to show how farmers can get 9-1-1 addresses for grain bins and farm fields. And Neil Melançon gives us a glimpse of the Louisiana Farm Bureau's Women's Leadership Conference.

It’s officially spring, and farmers across Louisiana are busy planting their 2023 crop. In this week’s episode, Neil Melancon explains how a new insurance program for tropical storms could help protect farmers from the impacts of tropical weather. We meet Jared Frey, a rice and crawfish farm in Acadia Parish and recent Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction inductee. And Avery Davidson takes us to the crawfish ponds of Church Point for a pond-to-table edition of Feasting on Agriculture.

Spring is in the air– crawfish pots are boiling, planting is underway and the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction has new inductees! In this week’s episode of TWILA, Neil Melancon explains how increased wage rates and decreasing crawfish prices are affecting Louisiana farmers. Karl Wiggers takes us deep into south Louisiana where rice planting has begun. And Breann Hendrickson shows us how the Louisiana Farm Bureau is working to reduce deaths due to grain bin entrapments.