| Title | Converse man charged with timber theft | | Release Date | 6/30/2009 | | | | | Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said forestry investigators with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) arrested a Converse man on felony timber theft charges June 25. |
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| Title | LDAF firefighters to assist in Texas | | Release Date | 6/30/2009 | | | | | Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry firefighting crews will head to east Texas tomorrow to assist the Texas Forest Service with wildfires, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said today. |
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| Title | State of Louisiana Launches Agriculture Recovery Grant and Loan Program | | Release Date | 6/26/2009 | | | | | Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., and Louisiana Recovery Authority Executive Director Paul Rainwater unveiled the details of the $44.5 million Louisiana Farm and Agribusiness Recovery Grant and Loan Program at the annual Farm Bureau convention in New Orleans today. |
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| Title | EEE cases confirmed in Iberville Parish | | Release Date | 6/26/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said two additional cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) were confirmed in Iberville Parish and is urging horse owners to vaccinate their horses. |
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| Title | Strain: State Fire Marshal issues statewide burn ban | | Release Date | 6/24/2009 | | | | | A statewide burn ban was issued by State Fire Marshal Butch Browning on June 23, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said. |
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| Title | EEE Confirmed in Rapides Parish | | Release Date | 6/24/2009 | | | | | Following the first confirmed case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and resulting equine death this year, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is reminding horse owners to vaccinate their horses. |
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| Title | Strain announces funding for rural water projects | | Release Date | 6/19/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the USDA Rural Development Water and Environmental Program has pledged funding of more than $1 million to improve water systems in Jonesville and Montpelier. |
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| Title | Specialty crop grant process open | | Release Date | 6/5/2009 | | | | Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M, said the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) is administering the Louisiana Specialty Crop Grant program, a new grant from the USDA designed to fund projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops like fruits, vegetables and nuts. |
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| Title | Bastrop woman arrested for timber theft | | Release Date | 6/4/2009 | | | | | Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry enforcement officers arrested a Morehouse Parish woman for allegedly stealing more than $30,000 worth of timber. |
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| Title | Iota man arrested on livestock theft charges | | Release Date | 6/4/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said an Iota man was charged with livestock theft after a working quarterhorse reported dead three years ago was found alive and returned to its rightful owner. |
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| Title | May 12 designated as Crawfish Day | | Release Date | 5/11/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the state legislature has declared May 12 as Crawfish Day at the State Capitol. |
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| Title | Poultry plant buyout plan approved by state legislature | | Release Date | 5/8/2009 | | | | | Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the state legislature has approved changes to the mega-projects fund financing rules and approved the state’s plans to help Foster Farms of California purchase the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing plant in Farmerville.< |
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| Title | Strain says H1N1 is best term for flu virus | | Release Date | 5/5/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. said that the term “swine flu” is being used incorrectly in the media and other sources to describe the current flu epidemic, and that Louisiana residents have nothing to fear from eating pork. |
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| Title | LDAF says pork is safe to eat | | Release Date | 5/1/2009 | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said despite concern about the H1N1 flu virus, Louisiana residents cannot contract the flu by eating domestic pork or wild hogs. |
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| Title | LDAF wildland firefighters assist in Texas | | Release Date | 4/29/2009 | | | | | A second group of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry firefighting strike teams traveled to Granbury, Texas, to assist the Texas Forest Service with wildfires, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said today. |
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| Title | LDAF re-establishes New Orleans district offices | | Release Date | 4/24/2009 | | | | | Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry re-established an LDAF district office in New Orleans on April 6. |
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| Title | Market Bulletin expands to 16 pages | | Release Date | 4/22/2009 | | | | | While budget crunching has led to a reduction of some state services, the Louisiana Market Bulletin, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry's farm journal, is actually expanding, Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said. |
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| Title | Strain supports poultry plant purchase | | Release Date | 4/15/2009 | | | | | The State of Louisiana has made an investment in Northeast Louisiana and committed $50 million dollars of taxpayer money to preserve agricultural jobs that support a large-scale poultry operation in Farmerville. |
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| Title | LDAF firefighting teams assist in Texas | | Release Date | 4/15/2009 | | | | | Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry firefighting strike teams have been deployed to Granbury, Texas, to assist the Texas Forest Service with wildfires, Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said today. |
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| Title | LDAF's Indian Creek Recreational Area re-opened | | Release Date | 4/3/2009 | | | | | Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., announced today that the Indian Creek Recreational Area maintenance is nearly complete and has reopened to visitors. |
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