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LSU Ag Center updates parish on crop values, 4‑H recovery and youth programs
Summary
LSU Ag Center representatives told the committee agriculture remains a major local industry — sugarcane accounted for the largest share of plant‑crop value — and described 4‑H events, youth attendance goals and financial‑literacy programming as the center rebuilds participation after COVID.
Representatives from the LSU Ag Center briefed the Saint Martin Parish Public Works Committee on Sept. 16 about the parish’s agricultural economy, staffing, and youth programming.
The LSU Ag Center presenter said agriculture remains a major local industry, noting plant crops of roughly $65 million last year with about $52 million attributed to sugarcane. ‘‘Agriculture is big business here in Saint Martin Parish,’’ the presenter said, and…
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