Agricultural Commodities Commission

Regulates warehouses, cotton merchants, and grain dealers doing business in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission (LACC) is charged with the responsibilities of regulating warehouses, cotton merchants, and grain dealers doing business in Louisiana.  

Meetings

Membership

The board consists of 10 members, 9 to be appointed by the commissioner as follows:

1. (1) One warehouseman appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Rice Millers Association.

2. One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association.

3. One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.

4. One banker who is familiar with the financing of businesses which store or market the commodities which are regulated under this Chapter, appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Bankers Association.

5. One commodity trader who executes future trades related to a hedging program for purchases or sales of commodities regulated under this Chapter, appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the commissioner.

6. One owner or operator of an elevator which handles both rice and soybeans, appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Rice Dryers Association.

7. One owner or operator of an inland elevator or barge-loading river facility or a licensed Louisiana grain dealer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Ag Industries Association.

8. One producer appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the American Rice Growers Association.

9. One cotton merchant appointed from the state at large.

Go to  our page with the Louisiana Division of Administration  to see members, read meeting minutes, and more.

Related links

• Commodity warehousing and distribution