Soybean plants lean after having been blown over by winds from Hurricane Laura at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center near Alexandria. (Photo by David Moseley/LSU AgCenter)
Most Louisiana soybean fields are in decent shape following Hurricane Laura, but there are pockets of serious damage in areas that received strong winds and rain.
The life cycle of a crawfish can be fairly straight-forward.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2-6 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest.
Farmer David LaCour, of Abbeville, checks a crawfish pond after Hurricane Ike in 2008. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Bruce Schultz)
Widespread flooding from Hurricane Laura could affect crawfish production for the upcoming season, but the extent of any damage will depend on whether crawfish producers are able to get the unwante
A crawfish producer runs the traps in a field near Eunice. Crawfish producers hurt by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be able to receive compensation from a program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)
From now until Sept. 11, crawfish farmers can apply for assistance from a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to compensate them for losses related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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