MONROE (AP) — Officials at ConAgra Foods Inc. are counting on state farmers to produce more than half the sweet potatoes it will need for the planned Lamb Weston processing plant near Delhi. But those farmers wouldn’t have a crop without the LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station. Company officials and economic developers have cited the research station in Franklin Parish as a key component in ConAgra choosing northeastern Louisiana for its plant.————Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
ConAgra Foods officials counting on local farmers to produce sweet potatoes
August 22, 2009