Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2017-04-07

Duration: 00:05:24

Subjects: Agriculture | Floods, 2016 | Weather forecasting

Contributors:

• Moreau, Andre Host
• Spires, Kelly Producer
• Fontenot, Jodie Editor
• Morris, Heath Interviewee
• Strain, Mike Interviewee
• Keim, Barry Interviewee

This segment from the April 7, 2017, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kelly Spires’ report on the impact of the 2016 floods and the warm winter weather on Louisiana agriculture. She interviews: Heath Morris, a sugarcane and soybean farmer in West Baton Rouge Parish; Commissioner Mike Strain of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry; and Barry Keim, the state climatologist. Host: Andre Moreau