| Title | Strain says Improve Child Nutrition Programs | | Release Date | 11/20/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., says the reauthorization of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Child Nutrition Programs are critical to combat child hunger and improve health and nutrition in children in Louisiana and the rest of the country. |
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| Title | Remember, safety comes first | | Release Date | 11/17/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said fall harvest is now in full swing in Louisiana and he is urging farmers to maintain vigilance when operating farm equipment. |
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| Title | Strain pleased with new FDA oyster ruling | | Release Date | 11/16/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., applauded the United States Food and Drug Administration’s policy reversal on oyster sales. |
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| Title | Bossier Parish man arrested for cattle theft | | Release Date | 11/13/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said a Bossier Parish man was arrested for theft of livestock Nov. 12 by Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputies and LDAF Brand Commission enforcement officers. |
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| Title | Four brothers arrested in Jackson Parish timber theft | | Release Date | 11/5/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said four Bienville Parish residents were arrested Nov. 4 on timber theft, forgery and conspiracy charges. |
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| Title | USDA declares six parishes as contiguous disaster areas | | Release Date | 11/2/2009 | | | | |
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| Title | Strain questions FDA oyster ruling | | Release Date | 10/30/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the United States Food and Drug Administration’s plan to ban the sales of unprocessed raw oysters during the months of April through October would cripple the Louisiana oyster industry. |
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| Title | Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory becomes a FERN member | | Release Date | 10/29/2009 | | | | | The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF)/LSU AgCenter Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory is now a member of the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN), Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said. |
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| Title | Strain against Obama’s “Cap and Trade” energy policy | | Release Date | 10/27/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the proposed American Clean Energy Security Act that is currently being debated in Congress is not favorable for Louisiana or the national agriculture economic sector. |
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| Title | Equine piroplasmosis found in Texas horses | | Release Date | 10/26/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is advising Louisiana horse owners and veterinarians to carefully monitor equines for signs of equine piroplasmosis (EP), a tick-borne disease caused by microscopic parasites of the red bloods cells. |
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| Title | H1N1 virus confirmed in Minnesota pig | | Release Date | 10/19/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a Minnesota pig. |
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| Title | DNA evidence cited in St. Tammany man's woods arson plea | | Release Date | 10/15/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said a St. Tammany Parish man pleaded guilty to simple arson and manufacture of a delayed action incendiary device and was sentenced to ten years hard labor by Judge Richard Schwartz of the 22nd Judicial Court in Covington. |
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| Title | Specialty crop block grant awarded to Louisiana | | Release Date | 10/15/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it is awarding the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry $338,982 in Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds. |
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| Title | Bench warrant issued for bogus pest control operator | | Release Date | 10/8/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said Judge Thomas Yeager of the 9th Judicial Court in Alexandria issued a bench warrant for a Pineville man for failing to appear in court to answer charges of operating an illegal structural pest control business by spraying the inside of two houses for roaches and other pests. |
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| Title | Commissioner Mike Strain asks for disaster declaration | | Release Date | 10/8/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said a federal disaster declaration is needed to protect farming parishes where severe drought during the early summer will drastically reduce yield on cotton, rice, soybeans and sweet potatoes this season. |
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| Title | Strain recommends critical food assistance plan | | Release Date | 10/2/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. is supporting a national proposal to address the critical economic saturation of American dairy, pork and poultry products, while simultaneously providing much-needed nutritional assistance to Americans facing hunger due to job loss and other economic hardships. |
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| Title | Interstate livestock inspection drill scheduled for Oct. 12 | | Release Date | 10/1/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said state animal health officials will be conducting an inspection exercise Oct. 12 on all livestock entering Louisiana via Interstates 10 and 20. |
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| Title | Abbeville farmer awarded aquaculture grant check | | Release Date | 9/28/2009 | | | | | A Vermilion Parish rice/crawfish farmer received a $1,700 grant from a $2.4 million federal aquaculture grant program designed to aid state aquaculture producers with qualifying feed costs during 2008. |
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| Title | Strain and other officials break ground for new Natchitoches LDAF facility | | Release Date | 9/25/2009 | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M, Natchitoches Mayor Wayne McCullen, State Senator Gerald Long and other dignitaries broke ground for a new 6,000-square foot Agriculture and Forestry district office at the Natchitoches Industrial Park on September 24. |
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| Title | DeSoto Parish man to serve 18 months for timber theft | | Release Date | 9/22/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said a DeSoto Parish logger will begin serving an 18-month jail term after he was caught violating the probationary terms of a previous conviction for selling stolen timber. |
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