Disaster Recovery: Assessment of Agricultural Damage Caused by Hurricane Rita

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After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005, the AgCenter quickly began to assess the damage caused to the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries. Since those initial estimates, the AgCenter has refined its projections and now pegs the total economic impact due to losses in revenue and additional production costs at slightly over $1.0 billion.
10/18/2005 1:39:57 AM
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