Farmers enjoy appreciation dinner
Published 12:03 am Wednesday, August 5, 2015
- Miss St. James Parish Davi Clement and Teen Miss St. James Parish Hailey Detillier present Cain Lebanc with his family’s high yield certificate.
ST. JAMES — Local farmers and community members recently took an evening off to enjoy the 54th Annual St. James Parish Appreciation Dinner.
The dinner is held each year by parish sugar cane producers and a number of generous sponsors for research, extension, and industry personnel.
Speakers were Dr. Rogers Leonard, Plant and Soil Program Leader for the LSU AgCenter and Dr. Mike Strain, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry.
Charlie Hymel, Mark Roussel, Greg Gravois, Andrew Duhe and Alan Gravois work hard to prepare and serve a delicious steak dinner.
The top ten sugar cane producers were recognized with high yield certificates. Dr. Bill White, Entomologist at the USDA Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, received the Kermit Coulon Outstanding Service Award.
Laynie Arceneaux, who will be a freshman at LSU this fall, received the Kermit Coulon Scholarship.
