Floods will cost Louisiana ag at least $110 million
A preliminary estimate by Louisiana State University’s AgCenter says the historic flooding will cost the state’s ag sector $110 million in lost and reduced-quality crops, increased production costs, and infrastructure damage, The Advertiser reports. Kurt Guidry, an economist at the AgCenter, told the newspaper that “that figure is expected to grow as farmers realize the full… » Read More
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