Freeze effects on La. agriculture expected to be minimal

A winter storm that blanketed most of Louisiana in snow and ice this week may have shut down governments, schools, businesses and roads, but it didn’t cause much damage to the state’s agriculture. So says Kurt Guidry, an LSU AgCenter economist, who has conducted a survey of major commodities.

“Fortunately, it looks like from a statewide perspective, the effects will be fairly minimal. However, like with any adverse weather situation, there are individual producers and commodities that are impacted,” Guidry says in a press release issued by the AgCenter today.

Strawberry farmers appear to be seeing the most injury to their crop. “The season will be delayed,” says Ponchatoula farmer Eric Morrow. “We’ll have a lot of berries for our traditional March and April season.” Read the full story via Baton Rouge Business Report here.