For decades cotton was king. But this year the Louisiana cotton crop is expected to be the smallest in history. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says input costs to produce cotton has gone up and the price for cotton has gone down from two dollars a pound in the mid-1800s
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Soybeans is Louisiana’s largest crop, followed by corn and rice.
President Trump’s budget bill phases out tax credits for energy companies that invest in projects that produce solar and wind power. Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis says this will raise electricity prices. The director of LSU’s Center for Energy Studies, Doctor Greg Upton says it’s possible, but not in the short term…
New solar and wind energy projects can still receive the tax credit, but construction needs to start in the next year to qualify.
In an effort to grow the Louisiana Democratic Party, executive director Dadrius Lanus, says party officials plan to visit rural parishes…
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Lanus says that includes parishes that lean Republican. He says the tour will be called “Fight for Our Lives.”
The Saints traded in black and gold for white and gold with a new alternate helmet released today. Kace Kieschnick has more