Matt Branch is a former LSU football player, a cotton seed salesman, and passionate about spending time in the outdoors hunting with family. In this episode, he tells the story of how he nearly lost his life in a hunting accident and what it has taken to overcome 12 days in a coma, 13 surgeries, and waking up without his left leg.

Louisiana Farm Life

Matt Branch - From Offensive Line to Duck Blind to Amputee

Working at Louisiana Farm Bureau, my coworkers and I get to travel the state telling stories for farmers on our TV show, This Week In Louisiana Agriculture. What we’ve found is that there are a lot of interesting aspects that don’t make it into the finished story you see on the show. This podcast is our way to more fully tell that story. Our hope is that you better understand the issues farmers face every single day, and that he or she isn’t much different from you and I. We want this podcast to introduce you to the person that’s not only that farmer, but the parent, the spouse, the conservationist, the volunteer fireman, the mechanic, the church deacon, the community leader who spends their days working the land growing the food and fiber that we depend on everyday. On each episode, we’ll have a conversation with a farmer to discuss life on and around his or her farm. It is simply a chat with farmers about their farm and how they got to where they are today.

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