Rice Yields (2017)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Mowata, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-08-04
Duration: 00:07:10
Subjects: Agriculture | Rice farmers | RICE INDUSTRY
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Spires, Kelly Reporter
- Woods, Virnado Photographer
- Loewer, Micah Interviewee
- Harrell, Dustin Interviewee
- Bruchhaus, Charles Interviewee
Description
This segment from the August 4, 2017, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Kelly Spires’ report on the impact of the warm winter and wet spring and summer weather on the rice yields in southwest Louisiana. She interviews: Micah Loewer of Loewer Brothers Farms in Mowata; Dustin Harrell, a researcher at the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station in Crowley; and Charles Bruchhaus, a rice farmer in Jefferson Davis and Allen Parishes. Host: Andre Moreau