12:30 LRN Newscast Jan 4

Hot and dry weather, then a late summer flood, then more hot and dry weather resulted in more than 500-million dollars in crop losses for Louisiana farmers in 2022. LSU AgCenter Economist Michael Deliberto says parts of northeast Louisiana saw 18 inches of rain during a week-long period in late August,

 Cut 6 (12)  “…quality reduction” 

 

LSU’S Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s DASH Diet once again ranks among U.S. News and World Report’s list of Best Diets. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertenstion.  Dr. Catherine Champagne is one of the developers and says unlike fad diets the DASH Diet follows a different methodology.

Cut 4 (05)  “…in moderation.” 

 

Will Louisiana’s legislature seek this year to give themselves their first pay raise in over 40 years? Kevin Gallagher has more on that…:

Cut 1 (31)  “…I’m Kevin Gallagher.”