Growers in southwestern Louisiana lost around $14 million in rice, based on the current farm-gate price, in the flooding that followed torrential rains over the weekend, estimated Dustin Harrell, a Louisiana State University rice specialist. In calculating the “highly speculative” figure, Harrell relied on suggestions that 17,200 acres of rice, or 4 percent of fields,… » Read More
The Ag Insider content is only available to members.