Louisiana Farms Need Big Tech Investment to Survive
By Newell Normand
WWL Radio
A few weeks ago Newell spoke to representatives from the big regional ports about what effect tariffs and trade wars are having on the agricultural sector in Louisiana. Now, a number of rural towns have gone before the bond commission looking for approval of a bond issue to generate dollars to cover recurring expenses. What’s going on in Louisiana’s farming communities? Newell invited the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Mike Strain onto the program Tuesday morning to discuss.
“There was a report out the other day about some of the financial trouble some of the rural towns are having,” Newell began. “With depopulation, consolidation, mechanization, generally the manner in which the agricultural economy is working or not - they find themselves borrowing money to pay for recurring costs. Where do you see this going? Is this the new landscape for us?”