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Youngsville Sugar Cane Farmer Named to USDA Board
Louisiana s sugar industry and particularly our state s sugar cane producers should be excited to know that for the first time in history an actually sugar cane grower will be on the board that oversees sugar and sweetener policy in the nation.
Eddie Jude Lewis III of Youngsville based Eddie Lewis Cane Farms LLC has been appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for the United States Department of Agriculture. Lewis will serve on one of six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees.
Lewis along with Jack Pettus of the American Sugar Cane League will be leading the charge for cane producers as the USDA makes decisions on policy and trade for various commodities produced and sold for export in the United States.