By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In late September, it was estimated that Louisiana had sustained $700 million in hurricane damage to its agriculture and forestry industries....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Louisiana sugarcane harvest won’t be nearly as sweet after hurricanes lashed the state. ...
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Hurricanes aren’t only impacting Louisiana row-crops and infrastructure....
The LSU AgCenter is working closely with the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, state Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Louisiana Farm Bureau to get affected cattle producers back on their feet along coastal Louisiana following hurricanes Ike and Gustav....
The effects of late-season hurricanes have left Louisiana agriculture in a bad spot. ...
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The news from the Louisiana cotton fields keeps getting worse. ...
By Tobie Blanchard
Hurricane Gustav dumped 18 inches of rain on Ken Thornhill’s sweet potato fields in Franklin Parish, La. ...
The vice chairman of the National Cotton Council says the three hurricanes that passed through or near Louisiana’s primary cotton regions in August and September came “at the worst possible time” for his farm and those of his neighbors around Newellton, La. ...
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu are hopeful Congress will authorize hurricane disaster relief funding for Louisiana by Sept. 26....
By Mary F. Hightower
University of Arkansas
Hurricane Ike delivered a fresh blow to Arkansas producers trying to pick up the pieces left by the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. ...
The deadline has been extended to Sept. 30 for farmers who need waivers from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to qualify for federal disaster insurance to help cover their losses from hurricanes Gustav and Ike....
Farmers in Vermilion Parish, La., told Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain this week they need better flood protection from hurricane storm surges while Cameron and Calcasieu cattlemen said they need water and hay for their stranded and stressed cattle....
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Coastal residents assessing their damage from Hurricane Ike compared this storm with Hurricane Rita in 2005....
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain has put out a call for donations of hay and cattle feed to supply cattle in coastal areas left stranded by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike....
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples yesterday announced joint efforts with local, state and federal partners as well as statewide agricultural organizations to meet the needs of thousands of agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Ike....
USA Rice Federation and U.S. Wheat Associates in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has asked that the United States “put aside political concern and ease trade and travel restriction that are denying the Cuban people the relief and assistance so critically needed” in the devastating wake of Hurricane Ike....
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