TWILA Aftershow - 10-29-21

SUMMARY

This week, Neil, Avery, and Karl talk through some of the stories they've covered over the past few weeks on TWILA. Its been a busy fall with Hurricane Ida coverage, congressional visits, and a tour of the state's hurricane damage and export infrastructure with American Farm Bureau President, Zippy Duvall. Avery tells us about his visit, Neil talks about his story he shot on a Louisiana tea farm, and Karl updates us on his favorite crop, cotton, which is making a lot of farmers smile this fall.

SHOW NOTES

• Watch this week’s show

• Stories about Brandon and Danielle Vail

  • 2021 Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award Finalists

  • How Brandon and Danielle Vail tackled challenges to recover from Hurricane Laura in August 2020.

  • Avery's most recent story from Zippy Duvall's Tour of Southwest Louisiana

• Zippy Duvall Visits St. James parish sugarcane farm and Zen-noh grain export facility.

• Houma's Where The Heart Is - Ida Recover in South Louisiana

  • Karl's story from the event in Montegut

  • Help by purchasing school supplies for families impacted by Hurricane Ida.

  • Another organization really helping communities impacted by Ida.

  • Avery's story about Cockeyed Farms

• Neil's story from Fleur De Lis Tea Company

  • Fleur De Lis Tea Company website and Facebook page.

• Northwest Louisiana Sporting Clays Shootout story

• Karl's story about Rawls Farms' cotton crop.

• Listen to Grassroots Government podcast with Zippy Duvall here.

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This Week in Louisiana Agriculture is a weekly show created to connect Louisiana farmers, ranchers, and fishermen with consumers across Louisiana and around the world. Each week, we’ll take a look behind-the-scenes of This Week In Louisiana Agriculture, one of the longest-running television programs in Louisiana.