9:30 LRN Newscast March 19th

It’s been a long wait, but LSU women’s basketball is back in the spotlight. David Grubb has more.
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The LSU men’s basketball team’s season ended last night with a 59-54 loss to Iowa State in the first round of the men’s basketball tournament.
And It was 50 years ago when then 65-year old Tony Chachere published his now legendry Cajun Country Cookbook that included his Original Creole Seasoning. Director of Marketing and Tony’s Chachere’s granddaughter, Celeste Chachere says they’re celebrating the golden anniversary with a commemorative can of their Original Seasoning.
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The commemorative can is rolling out in stores now.

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Production costs for farmers in the Bayou State could go up as much as 40-percent this year, depending on the crop. LSU AgCenter Economist Mike Deliberto says as consumers are paying higher prices for groceries only 12-cents from every dollar on retail food sales comes back to the individual farmer and the increase at the grocery store is paying for transportation, advertising, and marketing.
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Deliberto is hopeful higher commodity prices and sound marketing strategies will help offset the price increases of fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides.
And Washington-based Greenberry Industrial is ready to set up shop in Jefferson Davis Parish. The company is taking over the former Gulf Islands Shipyards facility near Jennings. Fabrication Manager Aaron Reeves says the site offers everything that Greenberry was looking for.
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Reeves encourages those looking for work to visit the company’s site in Sulphur in person.