TWILA : April 12, 2024
Strawberries, crawfish and severe weather—it seems like we’re seeing red in this week’s episode of TWILA! Neil Melancon shows us how labor shortages and costs are starting to affect the Louisiana strawberry industry. Josh Meeks learns more about the newly released forecast predicting 11 named storms in the Atlantic this hurricane season. In a new edition of "How You Grow Louisiana," Karl Wiggers takes us to a farm in Lake Providence that's run by a new generation of young farmers. Meteorologist Nick Mikulas explains in this week’s sever weather may cause some problems for farmers’ planting. Plus, we meet Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction inductee, Steve Crawford.
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