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Overcoming inertia
In less than two weeks, the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature will be gaveled to order. There will be new faces in both chambers, new leaders in the House and Senate, and a bevy of controvers...
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Danna is director of public relations and host of the Farm Bureau’s long-running farm news program “This Week in Louisiana Agriculture.” (PHOTO/Submitted)
The President's Column: A weekly feature by your Parish Farm Bureau
The “bigger is better” trend may be on the wane, at least when it comes to beef cuts. Smaller-than-usual cuts are growing in popularity with small families, singles, shoppers on a budget and calori...
Mar 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Medicare pays for vaccine that protects against shingles
Anyone who has suffered from shingles knows the pain is excruciating. “Uncomfortable” doesn’t begin to describe your plight if you come down with the disease. “Miserable” is much closer to the trut...
Mar 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Into each life some fish may fall
A respected marine biologist witnessed the event, that's why we can believe that fish really did rain from the sky in Marksville on Oct. 23. 1947. A.D. Bakjov, a government fisheries biologist jus...
Mar 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, left, addresses more than 200 people who attended the 15th annual Louisiana Network Farmer of the Year banquet. Edwards spoke fondly of his early childhood growing up on his family's farm near Marksville. He predicted gasoline would top $4 a gallon before the end of the year. Also shown, left to right, are Louisiana Network Farm Director Don Molino, Laura Molino and Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain. PHOTO/Sam Irwin.  
The President's Column ~ A Parish Farm Bureau weekly feature
Calvin Hank Rabb Jr., a fourth generation cotton and grain farmer from Tensas Parish, was named the Louisiana Network’s farmer of the year for 2012. Rabb accepted the award from LN Farm Director Do...
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The political baggage of higher gasoline prices
President Obama addressed a cheering crowd of supporters in Miami recently on the less than cheery topic of rapidly rising gasoline pump prices. One might think that such a serious topic of concern...
Mar 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Why our public officials should try substitute teaching
Governor Jindal has made the improvement of our public schools the top priority of his second term. He has promised bold reform. Thank you, Governor. Constructive change requires understanding, ho...
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Learn your spouse's love language
A young couple planning on marriage recently inquired if there was a book that might be helpful as they prepare for life together. One of the books I recommended to them was The 5 Love Languages ...
Feb 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What is love?
February is the time of year that people turn their attention to love. What is love? As much as the word is bandied about, few of us have ever really given enough time to define its meaning. As bel...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Want better brain health? Take a trip.
While you’re having a great time taking photos of the Swiss Alps or the Colorado Rockies, you may not realize it but your travel experience is benefiting your mind. Scientific research agrees that...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The missed opportunity of 2008
We have all read those stories many times. The professional athlete or new pop idol makes a fortune and in no time spends it all and is worse off than they were before riding the wave of fame. That...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Danna is director of public relations and host of the Farm Bureau’s long-running farm news program “This Week in Louisiana Agriculture.” (PHOTO/Submitted)
The President's Column: A weekly feature by your Parish Farm Bureau
February is just about over and it may already be over for the new farm bill, according to one Louisiana Congressman. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, said because of election year politics, it’...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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