Louisiana Agritourism: Bill to Unregulate and Unrestrict Sale of Raw Milk in Committee

Monday, May 19, 2014

Bill to Unregulate and Unrestrict Sale of Raw Milk in Committee

Please take the opportunity before Wednesday, May 21, 2014 to share your viewpoint about allowing unregulated and unrestricted sale of raw milk to be sold in Louisiana. The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee needs to hear your view so they can make a decision.

Senator David Heitmeier (Chairman) 3501 Holiday Drive Suite 225 New Orleans, LA 70114	(504) 361-6356 HeitmeierD@legis.la.gov
Senator Fred H. Mills, Jr. (Vice-Chairman) 800 S. Lewis St. Suite 203 New Iberia, LA 70560	(337) 365-8484 millsf@legis.la.gov
Senator R.L. "Bret" Allain, II 600 Main Street Suite 1 Franklin, LA 70538	(337) 828-9107 allainb@legis.la.gov
Senator Sherri Smith Buffington 9973 Mansfield Road Keithville, LA 71047	(318) 687-4820 smithbuffington@legis.la.gov
Senator Dan Claitor 7520 Perkins Road Suite 160 Baton Rouge, LA 70808	(225) 765-0206 claitord@legis.la.gov
Senator Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb 1520 Thomas H. Delpit Drive Suite 226 Baton Rouge, LA 70802	(225) 342-9700 dorseyy@legis.la.gov
Senator Dale M. Erdey P.O. Box 908 Livingston, LA 70754	(225) 686-2881 erdeyd@legis.la.gov
Senator Elbert L. Guillory 633 East Landry Street Opelousas, LA 70570	(337) 943-2457 guillorye@legis.la.gov
Senator Ben Nevers 724 Avenue F Bogalusa, LA 70427	(985) 732-6863 neversb@legis.la.gov

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Agritourism Law Limits Liability

In 2008, the Louisiana Legislature expanded the limitation of liability found in La R.S. 9:2795 et seq to include certain agritourism activities. The legislation authored by Representative Andy Anders and Senators Francis Thompson and Mike Walsworth provides that the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Foresty (LDAF) will develop a set of rules and regulations and that the LSU AgCenter will define a “plan of operation” for an agritourism venture and review those plans.

More about this law can be found on the LSU AgCenter Web site: www.lsuagcenter.com/agritourism

2012 Agriculture Census Shows Increase in Farming

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014 –There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland across the United States, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“Once every five years, farmers, ranchers and growers have the unique opportunity to let the world know how U.S. agriculture is changing, what is staying the same, what’s working and what we can do differently,” said Dr. Cynthia Clark, the retiring head of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, which administered the survey.

Eighty-seven percent of all U.S. farms are operated by families or individuals.
Principal operators were on average 58.3 years old and were predominantly male; second operators were slightly younger and most likely to be female; and third operators were younger still.
In Louisiana agritourism grew from 170 farms in 2007 to 361 farms in 2012.
In Louisiana onfarm agritourism sales jumped from $2,486 to $8,996 in 2012.
In Louisiana the definition of agritourism is broader than the definition in the census; meaning that numbers are greater.