date:Sep 19, 2012
ral governments assistance.
Were going to try hard to help with these losses, the uninsured losses, he said.
Strain recently toured St. James, St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes to look at the sugar-cane crop. He found fields still underwater.
The LSU AgCenter reported 379,246 of 420,000 acres of sugar cane to be affected in 19 parishes. In dollars, the yield impact is expected to be $55 million once the cane is harvested over the next few months.
Growers best hope is for a dry fa