Market Bulletin 05/17/12
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It’s National Egg Month. Look inside for recipes. VOL. 95, No. 10 www.ldaf.la.gov May 17, 2012 Ag Commissioner Mike Strain, Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, the Bicentennial Committee and Westminster Elementary students planted an oak tree to celebrate Louisiana’s bicentennial. From left, Commission member Rosemary Patterson, Strain, Commission mem- ber Mike Wynne, Dardenne, Speaker of the House Chuck Kleckley, Rep. Andy Anders and Commission member Randy Haynie. (left), The Louisiana Bicentennial postage stamp. La. celebrates 200 years By Sam Irwin Commissioner Mike Strain and the Louisiana know actresses from Pineville and Zachary, musi- Enjoying this Department of Agriculture and Forestry celebrated cians from Acadiana and New Orleans, and a nation- Louisiana’s statehood bicentennial by planting a live al political consultant from Carville. oak tree April 30. Dardenne presided over the cere- Assisted by Lieutenant Governor mony, which included the unveiling complimentary Jay Dardenne, the Bicentennial “Congress was of a U.S. Postal Service Forever Committee, his staff of assistant reluctant to embrace Stamp featuring an Atchafalaya commissioners and Westminster its 18th state. We Basin nature scene from Baton Market Bulletin? Elementary students, Strain shov- Rouge photographer C.C. eled soil over the four-year-old live were different…” - Lockwood. oak tree that was donated by Jay Dardenne, on Lockwood commented on his Bracy’s Nursery of Amite. Louisiana’s admit- Facebook page that he had known Strain joked with the schoolchild- tance to the Union. that his photograph had been chosen ren and said, “We’re planting this for the stamp but had to keep it quiet tree and you can come and watch it for three years. grow, and when we come 200 years from now, it will “The U.S. Congress was somewhat reluctant to be a full-grown tree.” embrace its 18th state,” Dardenne said. “We were dif- The tree was planted in A.Z. Young Park behind the ferent… It’s that difference that makes us special.” State Welcome Center on River Road. Louisiana was admitted to the union of the United But the commemorative planting was only the first States of American on April 30, 1812. Subscribe today! official recognition of the bicentennial. Musician Zachary Richard of Scott sang what he A special joint session of the State Legislature fea- believed to be the “oldest song in the considerable tured addresses from a Shreveport-born Academy repertorie of Louisiana music” from the earliest days Award winner, a celebrity chef from Opelousas, well- Celebration, continued on page 20 Page 2 MARKET BULLETIN May 17, 2012 Louisiana Agriculture & Forestry Today Federal court delays H-2B labor wage increase Agriculture and Forestry 60 days. The H-2B Visa Program is a increase and stay solvent,” Strain Commissioner Mike Strain, “If these wage increases are default United States worker pro- said. “If we cannot find a solution D.V.M., said U.S. Florida District allowed to stand it will probably gram that permits American that is fair to employers who use Court Judge M. Casey Rogers’ put Louisiana’s last few remaining employers to fill seasonal job the H-2B Visa Program, many agri- decision blocking a radical wage crawfish tail meat processors out of vacancies with H-2B foreign visa cultural industries will be adverse- increase for H-2B labor should be business,” Strain said. “And that’s workers so businesses can avoid ly affected. allowed to stand. a shame because Louisiana created closures due to lack of workers. “This injunction is a step in the Strain said Rogers’ ruling the crawfish business. Louisiana shrimp, crab and other right direction and I applaud the delayed a recent decree by the U.S. “These jobs are seasonal. food service industries as well as decision of Judge Rogers who Department of Labor mandating an Americans workers aren’t willing candy manufacturers, sugarcane, clearly recognized the economic across the board wage increase for to take a seasonal job peeling craw- forestry, equine, construction and harm to small business caused by all H-2B guest workers. fish or shrimp or picking crab meat hotel businesses employ seasonal the Department of Labor’s H-2B An LSU AgCenter economic for four or five months. workers through the H-2B pro- rules. MIKE STRAIN DVM impact study predicted that the Consequently, employers cannot gram. These seasonal employees “However, I know employers COMMISSIONER increase in Louisiana could have fill vacancies for temporary jobs in are typically paid the prevailing need more than a 60 day reprieve ranged from 32 to 100 percent, their peeling plants, sugar mills, wage for the type of job performed from the detrimental effects of Strain said. forests and packing factories so in the geographical area in which these H-2B rules and the H-2B Strain has called for reform of the The Florida court injunction they have to advertise for guest they are hired. changes should be permanently H-2B program that will streamline delays implementation of the H-2B workers who are willing to do “I don’t know any business that withdrawn or legislatively removed the costly process for employers to Program and Final Wage Rule for those jobs.” could absorb a 32 percent wage by Congress.” hire guest workers. 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Office City Garden Market Year round Covington Sat. 7:30 -11 a.m., May 7 -June 11 Heymann Blvd., Oil Center Covington Farmers Market #1 ALLEN PARISH Sat. 8 a.m. - noon, year round New Orleans 609 North Columbia (City Hall) Oberlin EAST BATON ROUGE Marketplace at Armstrong Park Sat. 8 a.m.-noon, year round Oberlin Farmers Market PARISH Lafayette 700-900 block of N. Rampart St. 228 West 6th Ave. Baton Rouge Open Air Farmers Market Fri. 2-5 p.m., year round except Feb. Covington Wed. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Red Stick Farmers Market #1 800 East Broussard Rd.