NASDA motions to deepen MS River

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s President and Commissioner of Louisiana’s Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Michael Strain, championed a motion, at its annual meeting in New Orleans recently, to support the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Strain led the effort to gain the support of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA) on the motion. (Source: Marine Link 09/15/17)