Farmers hit capitol for Farm Bill With the expiration of the current farm bill quickly approaching, and in the midst of the worst drought in a generation, Farm Bureau members, along with farmers and ranchers from across the nation,...
An economic ‘plan?’ Former president Bill Clinton told the Democratic National Convention that Barack Obama has a plan to rescue the economy, and only the fact that the Republicans stood in his way has stopped him fro...
Isaac impact
to top $100 million Preliminary assessment of the damage to Louisiana row crops by Hurricane Isaac is likely to top $100 million, according to an economist with the LSU AgCenter.
Economist Dr. Kurt Guidry said the fir...
The ides of November Cheer up folks. In just 60 more days the elections will be over and, for at least a few months, you won’t have to listen to grown men and women call each other Nazis, enemies of the middle class, s...
Obama’s dreams After reading Barack Obama’s book “Dreams from My Father,” it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the...
Quite a week What a week! Here are some things that caught my eye:
Hurricane Isaac brought danger, misery and hope with it when it ambled on shore early Wednesday morning below Houma. Mercifully, its sustaine...
Storm has large
impact on
sugarcane crop While many in Louisiana are feeling they dodged a bullet with Hurricane Isaac, the slow-moving storm did leave quite an impact on the agricultural community in spite of it only being a Category 1 s...
‘Issues’ or America? There are some very serious issues at stake in this year’s election -- so many that some people may not be able to see the forest for the trees. Individual issues are the trees, but the forest is t...
Mississippi River
affects farmers Rains moving across the Midwest may put a little more rain down the Mississippi, but with dry weather still in the forecast, it’s possible we may hit a new low for parts of the river.
Already, we’r...
Going for the gold The 2012 Summer Olympics recently concluded in London and are now consigned to the annals of history. Yet, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze to the best in anything are laurels we all underst...
The Paul Ryan choice Governor Mitt Romney’s choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate is one of those decisions that seem obvious - if not inevitable - in retrospect, even though it was by n...
Professional engineer to his employees A friend of mine sent the following letter to me from a professional engineer reportedly written to his employees.
It is rather lengthy but I believe it expresses the views of every business owner ...
