NEWSROOM
Shrimper
Training Sessions Announced
March 11, 2005
The LSU AgCenter
will provide technical assistance training in April for shrimp
producers who qualify for cash payments under the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
The dates,
times and locations of the meetings are:
- April 4
at 9 a.m. at the Westbank Regional Library in Harvey and at
3 p.m. at the Belle Chasse Library in Belle Chasse.
- April 7
at 9 a.m. at the Iberia Parish Courthouse and at 3 p.m. in the
Vermilion Parish Cooperative Extension Office.
- April 8
at 9 a.m. in the Cameron Parish Police Jury Annex in Cameron
and at 3 p.m. at the Slidell Auditorium in Slidell.
- April 12
at 9 a.m. in the Larose Civic Center in Larose and at 2 p.m.
at the Ward 7 Citizen’s Club in Chauvin.
- April 14
at 9 a.m. at Isleno Center in St. Bernard.
A Vietnamese
interpreter will be present at the Belle Chasse meeting on April
4 and the Vermilion Parish meeting on April 7.
Shrimp producers
who marketed shrimp in Louisiana during 2003 have until April
11 to enroll in the TAA program at their local USDA Farm Service
Agency office. In addition to making the initial application and
meeting certain criteria, producers also must attend mandated
training to become fully eligible to receive cash benefits.
This technical
assistance training is offered by the LSU AgCenter at no cost
to producers. All interested shrimp producers are encouraged to
attend, even if they have not yet completed the initial application
with the Farm Service Agency.
In addition,
producers who have applied under the TAA program in surrounding
states can attend one of the Louisiana meetings to satisfy training
requirements.
A producer
needs to attend only one of the three-hour training meetings to
fulfill the training requirements of the TAA program.
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