Fontenot is elected president of Louisiana Farm Bureau

By News Staff on Thursday, July 4, 2024
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  • Raquella (left) and Clint Manuel (center) are pictured as they receive the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture award at the 102nd annual convention held in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation)
    Raquella (left) and Clint Manuel (center) are pictured as they receive the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture award at the 102nd annual convention held in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation)

    By: AVERY DAVIDSON and VERONICA MOSGROVE Louisiana Farm Bureau NEW ORLEANS — Richard Fontenot, a fourth-generation rice, soybean and crawfish farmer from Ville Platte, will serve as the 13th president of Louisiana Farm Bureau. Voting delegates from across the state elected Fontenot at the 102nd Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention at the New Orleans Marriott on Canal St. He succeeds Jim Harper o…