Louisiana Farmer Juggling Rice, Crawfish

By Brad Robb, Delta Farm Press

Louisiana rice farmer Ross Hebert believes if he had all the yield in his grain bins he has lost the last 15 years from inaccurate aerial urea applications, he could already be retired. South Louisiana rice fields are small and, of course, surrounded by levees. When farmers call and request an application of nitrogen be flown on their rice, some of that application ends up on roads and levees.