Dwayne Compton, of Jefferson Davis Parish, was named the 2021 Outstanding Master Farmer. He is pictured with Stephen Austin from Louisiana Land Bank and Eric Bergeron with the Gowan Company, who each presented him with a check for $1,000. (Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter)
2021 Master Farmer recertifications were awarded to, from left to right, John W. Boudreaux, Roy Varnado, Tim Wild (accepting for himself and his brother Bill Wild), Allen Schriefer and Mark Simon (accepting for his father Donald Simon) April 20 in Baton Rouge. (Photo by V. Todd Miller/LSU AgCenter)
Eight Master Farmer recertifications and the 2021 Louisiana Outstanding Master Farmer award were presented during a meeting of the Louisiana Association of Conservation April 20 in Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Master Farmer Program is a multiagency effort led by the LSU AgCenter that teaches about conservation and environmental stewardship. It was created more than two decades ago to help producer…