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Amid the many exciting announcements given during the Louisiana Cattle Festival’s recent “Brand the Barn” event was the unveiling of the 73rd Festival’s official poster and introduction of the inaugural “Featured Artist,” a new opportunity to showcase the talent of youth while bringing attention and awareness to the Louisiana Cattle Festival and statewide industry.
Each year, the Louisiana Cattle Festival designs various memorabilia items to commemorate the annual theme associated with the festival, with this year’s theme designated as “Branding it Back.”

For the second time in a year, Abbeville native John Aaron Trahan, 39, has been arrested and charged with possession or promotion of child pornography.
This past weekend, the Midland County Sheriff’s Office arrested and booked Trahan on five counts of possession and promotion of child pornography. Each count is a third degree felony and his bond was $150,000 for each charge. His total bond is now $750,000.
Trahan’s address given in his arrest is 214 E. Magnolia, Abbeville. LA.

On Saturday, June 3, the Louisiana Cattle Festival & Fair Association hosted a new, unique event to kick off the 2023 festival season while staying true to the Association’s core purpose of celebrating the cattle industry.
The annual “Brand the Barn” event highlighted a longstanding tradition for many cattle producers and ranchers, called branding, but with a new twist of permanently burning individual brands into the Louisiana Cattle Festival-owned venue, The Red Barn, in Abbeville.