Louisiana citrus farmers are seeing a mass influx of sa...
Citrus farmers in the southeast corner of Louisiana are scrambling to find ways to irrigate their crops with fresh water
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Citrus farmers in the southeast corner of Louisiana are scrambling to find ways to irrigate their crops with fresh water
"They know how to survive, but there’s no getting around how dire the situation is."
"It doesn’t look too good" for the state's once-thriving citrus farms, said an agriculture official.
"Hopefully, this will slow down and stop. Because when we have to start supplying water to just on the Belle Chasse side of things, there are 20,000 residents.."
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