A second load of livestock feed from Kentucky is on its way to hurricane-battered farmers near the Gulf Coast. A truck carrying 23 tons of feed is en route to Louisiana State University’s Iberia agriculture research station in Jeanerette in south-central Louisiana. From there it will be distributed to area livestock producers.

The feed was loaded Thursday morning (Oct. 13) at Otis Bryant & Son Farm Supply near Caneyville in Grayson County onto a truck donated by Hinkle Contracting of Paris. Butler County FFA and beef producer Russell Hackley of Grayson County each donated two tons of feed. The Owensboro Apollo and Daviess County FFA chapters each donated a ton. The feed mill donated three tons and sold the rest at cost.

Wayne Wyatt, a professor at the Iberia research station, said the feed will buy time for farmers in the area to make decisions about their immediate future.

“I think we’ve solved the immediate issue of saving cattle. Now people are making decisions about whether they think they can feed their cattle through the winter or whether they need to sell out,” Wyatt said. “Some of these people lost their homes at the same time. That’s quite a bit of stress. For them to make good, informed decisions right now is really difficult. That feed will give these people some breathing room