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Wallace died a month after the passing in Baton Rouge of another Louisiana farm broadcaster, Michael "Mike" Danna (1960-2016), who succeeded Wallace as the voice of ''This Week in Louisiana Agriculture''. In 2015, Danna, who worked for the Farm Bureau Federation for thirty years, had broadcast an interview with Wallace that reminisces on Wallace's broadcast career.<ref name=hilburn>{{cite web|url=http://www.twilatv.org/mike-danna|title=Remembering Michael Danna (1960-2016)|publisher=twilatv.org|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref>
 
Wallace died a month after the passing in Baton Rouge of another Louisiana farm broadcaster, Michael "Mike" Danna (1960-2016), who succeeded Wallace as the voice of ''This Week in Louisiana Agriculture''. In 2015, Danna, who worked for the Farm Bureau Federation for thirty years, had broadcast an interview with Wallace that reminisces on Wallace's broadcast career.<ref name=hilburn>{{cite web|url=http://www.twilatv.org/mike-danna|title=Remembering Michael Danna (1960-2016)|publisher=twilatv.org|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref>
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Ronnie Anderson, the current state Farm Bureau president, said similarly that Wallace had "a real passion for telling the farmer's story. He had a cutting-edged vision, and he used media in a way that no one else had done at the time. He was a true friend of the farmer and a friend of Farm Bureau. He will be missed by many.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2016/04/15/las-original-voice-agriculture-dies/83097964/|title=La.'s original 'Voice of Agriculture' dies|date=April 15, 2016|=author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 10, 2016}}</ref>
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Ronnie Anderson, the current state Farm Bureau president, said similarly that Wallace had "a real passion for telling the farmer's story. He had a cutting-edged vision, and he used media in a way that no one else had done at the time. He was a true friend of the farmer and a friend of Farm Bureau. He will be missed by many.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2016/04/15/las-original-voice-agriculture-dies/83097964/|title=La.'s original 'Voice of Agriculture' dies|date=April 15, 2016|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 10, 2016}}</ref>
    
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Network still broadcasts daily agricultural reports on twenty-eight radio stations across the state.  ''This Week in Louisiana Agriculture'' is still produced and aired weekly on twenty television stations and cable systems across the state. Agricultural reporter Carey Martin said of Wallace. "The original "Voice of Louisiana Agriculture" is now silent, but his legacy will live on through the pioneering outreach media he created."<ref name=amscl/>   
 
The Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Network still broadcasts daily agricultural reports on twenty-eight radio stations across the state.  ''This Week in Louisiana Agriculture'' is still produced and aired weekly on twenty television stations and cable systems across the state. Agricultural reporter Carey Martin said of Wallace. "The original "Voice of Louisiana Agriculture" is now silent, but his legacy will live on through the pioneering outreach media he created."<ref name=amscl/>   
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