On Sunday three individuals on a sunken fishing boat offshore of Empire, Louisiana fended off sharks as they awaited to be rescued. The Coast Guard launched a search after they failed to return from a Saturday fishing trip. They were airlifted and taken to a hospital, two suffered injuries and one had signs of hypothermia.
The wet summer and dry fall are frustrating 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 because a lot of rice farmers also have crawfish ponds dry conditions will only increase the cost to harvest mudbugs next year…
Levy says pumping water into the crawfish ponds is costly….
If you suffer from autumn allergies, you might be blaming the wrong culprit. LSU Ag center horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard says fall is prime ragweed season, even though goldenrod, which is more visible, usually gets the blame.
She says experts recommend you change your clothes if you can before you bring them into the house if you have a mudroom or garage.
Economist Loren Scott says rural areas of the state should have a percentage point of job decline but he admits it could be worse if it wasn’t for the ongoing lumber issues in Canada and lumber is Louisiana is prosperous.
Cut 5 (10) “…population shifts.”
And with a 2023 recession looming he expects the southern half of the state to see job growth compared to the rest of the country.