VP Rotary: Fontenot shares update on agriculture

By News Staff on Monday, May 15, 2023
  • ROTARIANS HEAR AGRICULTURE NEWS - Louisiana Farm Bureau President Richard Fontenot (center) was the guest speaker for the May 9, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney (left) and Rotarian Peter Strawitz (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    ROTARIANS HEAR AGRICULTURE NEWS - Louisiana Farm Bureau President Richard Fontenot (center) was the guest speaker for the May 9, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney (left) and Rotarian Peter Strawitz (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Peter Strawitz welcomed Louisiana Farm Bureau Third Vice President Richard Fontenot as the guest speaker for the May 9, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Fontenot gave an update on agriculture in Evangeline Parish, noting it is one of the key industries in the parish and a significant part of the local economy. Fontenot said 2022 was a very...

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