Since 2006 rural areas in Louisiana continue to lose nonfarm jobs and economist Dr. Loren Scott predicts the trend will continue into 2025 among the 29 parishes outside the state’s nine metropolitan areas. He predicts close to 3,000 job losses, but some rural areas are seeing a boon, specifically those related to the timber industry.

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The wet summer and dry fall are frustrating for many rice and crawfish farmers. Rice producers experienced very wet conditions during harvest in July and August. LSU AgCenter Rice specialist Doctor Ronnie Levy says this prevented farmers from harvesting rice on time.

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And pumping water into crawfish ponds is expensive.

Tennessee was the much better football team on Saturday as they trounced LSU 40-13. Jeff Palermo has a recap.

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