Louisiana State University Ag Center: More Than 100 Volunteers Help Gather Data Used for Drought Detection, Assistance
August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 23 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news:
Everyone in Louisiana already knows rain has been hard to come by this summer.
But exactly how bad and widespread is the drought? Without enough data points, it can be hard to say -- and that can prevent local farmers, ranchers and others from qualifying for assistance programs.
That's where a group of volunteers, many of them youth, led by the LSU AgCente . . .
Everyone in Louisiana already knows rain has been hard to come by this summer.
But exactly how bad and widespread is the drought? Without enough data points, it can be hard to say -- and that can prevent local farmers, ranchers and others from qualifying for assistance programs.
That's where a group of volunteers, many of them youth, led by the LSU AgCente . . .