John Westra, LSU AgCenter (2011)
The Press Club
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2011-03-28
Duration: 00:26:57
Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Westra, John | Louisiana State University Agricultural Center | Agriculture | Economy
Contributors:
- Westra, John Speaker
Description
A speech by John Westra before the Baton Rouge Press Club on March 28, 2011. Westra is an economist with the LSU AgCenter. He talks about the $1.7 billion increase in the total value of Louisiana agriculture in 2010 and the reasons for the increase, including the forestry, poultry, cotton, sweet potato, soybean, and sugarcane industries.