Farmers Stand to Lose Entire Crop When Morganza Spillway Opens
By Austin Kemker, WAFB-TV 9, Baton Rouge
POINTE COUPEE PARISH - Ted Glaser has been farming in the Morganza floodway in Pointe Coupee Parish since the 80s. Before him, his father farmed the land as well. Recently, farming the fertile land has grown tougher. Grain prices have dropped and the weather has not been favorable. "Bad year, good years, it just hurts,” Glaser said. “Yeah, your hard work is all gone. A lot of sacrifice, I mean, a tremendous amount of sacrifice.”