LSU AgCenter Estimates More Than $1.6 Billion in Ag, Forestry Losses from Hurricane Laura
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
Hurricane Laura caused $525.4 million in damage to Louisiana farmers and $1.1 billion to the Louisiana timber industry, according to preliminary estimates by the LSU AgCenter.
Laura devastated 757,538 acres of timber from the southwest to northeast parts of the state, according to a report by AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry and AgCenter forestry specialist Michael Blazier.