Agricultural Commodities Commission public meetings in 2025
4 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission will meet to conduct an adjudicatory hearing and a claim determination regarding Hansen-Mueller Co. The body will also review balances for the Self Insurance Fund and the Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund.
- Adjudicatory hearing: 25-LACC-1101 Hansen-Mueller Co.
- Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund claim determination for Hansen-Mueller Co.
- Review of RS 3:3412 Self Insurance Fund (SIF) balances
- Review of RS 3:3412.1 Grain & Cotton Indemnity Fund (GCIF) balances
The Commission declared Hansen-Mueller Company insolvent following a bankruptcy filing, triggering the opening of the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund to address an estimated $5,477,000.00 loss. Staff were authorized to approve claims, and the board recommended increasing fund assessment fees. The Commission also called for a review of the Grain Prompt Payment Law.
- Approved June 25, 2025 minutes
- Declared Hansen-Mueller Company insolvent and opened the Indemnity Fund
- Authorized LDAF staff to act on the Commission's behalf in issuing funds from the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund
- Recommended increasing the Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund monthly assessment fee to a minimum of $0.0008
- Requested Commissioner and LDAF/LACC staff review the Grain Prompt Payment Law for modernization of terms
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Commission approved a new grain dealer license for The Redwood Group, LLC and renewed various licenses for cotton merchants, grain dealers, and warehouses. Members also reviewed current fund balances and warehouse capacity concerns in southwestern Louisiana.
- Approved May 29, 2025 meeting minutes
- Approved new Grain Dealer license for The Redwood Group, LLC
- Approved Cotton Merchant licenses for 7 applicants including Broadway Cotton Company and The Seam, LLC
- Approved Grain Dealer and Cotton Merchant license for Cargill, Inc
- Approved Grain Dealer license renewals for 14 applicants including ADM Grain Co and Tyson Shared Services, Inc
- Approved Warehouse licenses for 4 applicants including F.R. Rice Drier, LLC
- Approved Warehouse licenses for 3 applicants including Third Crop, LLC DBA Falcon Rice Mill
- Approved Warehouse and Grain Dealer licenses for Fenton Rice Co-op and South Louisiana Rail Facility, LLC
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The commission will meet on June 25, 2025, at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in Baton Rouge. The provided agenda contains only meeting notice and location details.
Agricultural Commodities Commission
The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission has a meeting scheduled for May 29, 2025. The meeting will take place at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium in Baton Rouge.
The Agricultural Commodities Commission approved license renewals for various cotton merchants, grain dealers, and warehouses. The commission also approved the minutes from the November 8, 2024 meeting.
- Approved November 8, 2024 meeting minutes
- Approved Cotton Merchant licenses for Carolinas Cotton Growers’ Cooperative, Inc., Cofco Americas Resources Corporation, and Cotton Marketing Services, LLC
- Approved Cotton Merchant license for Staple Cotton Cooperative Association (Ross Girtman abstained)
- Approved Cotton Merchant and Grain Dealer license for Louis Dreyfus Company, LLC
- Approved Grain Dealer licenses for The Andersons, Inc., Bunge North America, Inc., Erwin Keith, LLC, Farmers Grain Terminal, Inc., Hensgens Grain Elevator, Inc., Johnson Breeders, Inc., Livestock Nutrition Center, LLC, Pilgrims Pride Corporation, Producers Rice Mill, Inc., Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC, Riviana Food Inc. DBA Acadia Warehouse, The Scoular Company, StoneX Commodity Solutions, Inc., and Viterra USA Grain, LLC
- Approved Grain Dealer license for Viserion Grain, LLC (Tom Russell abstained)
- Approved Warehouse licenses for Mamou Rice Drier & Warehouse, Inc. and Ville Platte Rice Drier, Inc.
- Approved Warehouse and Grain Dealer licenses for Crowley Grain Drier, Inc., Holly Ridge Rice & Grain Terminal, Simplot Growers Solutions, Thornwell Warehouse Association, Tubbs Grain Storage Leasing, LLC, and Supreme Rice, LLC (Robert Hanks abstained)