Farmers’ Appreciation Dinner

Hundreds gathered at the Rice Festival Building on Thursday, January 23 to celebrate the hardworking individuals who work in acres not hours and support South Louisiana’s agricultural industry.

Along with Supreme Rice, the following businesses sponsored this great event: Sunshine Quality Equipment, Falcon Rice Mill, Farmers State Bank, Bank of Commerce,  The Bank, First National Bank, J&J Exterminating, Home Bank, Omega Energy, Slemco, Stine Lumber, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS),  First South Farm Credit,  Schilling Distributors, City of Crowley, Acadia General Hospital, Acadia Parish Clerk, Robby Barousse, Acadia Parish Farm Bureau, C.J. Prevost Insurance Agency, Carmichael’s Cashway Pharmacy, Crowley Grain Drier, Dugas, Soileau & Breaux, CPA Firm, Evangeline Bank & Trust Company, L&M Tire Co., Louisiana Farm & Ranch Magazine, Acadiana Security Plus, Louisiana Land Bank, Louisiana Farm + Ranch Magazine, Rayne State Bank, Scott Privat for Judge, Welsh Irrigation & Equipment.

Door prizes were donated by local businesses that given away throughout the evening.  A Beretta A300 Outlander Synthetic 12 Gauge Shotgun was donated by G&H Outdoor Store and Rice Palace will be raffled off at the end of the evening.

Special thanks to all who attended, sponsors and the City of Crowley for accommodations. Thanks to the 4-H Ambassadors and Crowley High School Future Farmers’ of America, area Queens and all other volunteers that helped make this event possible! With over 80,000 acres of rice harvested just in Acadia Parish, it is only fitting that we honor our farmers and all affiliated with the agricultural industry.