date:Sep 19, 2012
No federal aid exists for the nearly $100 million in damage that Hurricane Isaac unleashed on crops across Louisiana.
The LSU AgCenter estimates the biggest impact was on sugar cane, cotton, citrus, sweet potatoes and pecans. However, the Category 1 storm also whipped and saturated hundreds of acres of corn, rice and soybeans.
State Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said he wants to figure out how much of the damage was uninsured before hitting Capitol Hill to beg for the fede