LSU: So far rice farmers losses total about $14M

BATON ROUGE - A university scientist says flooding has cost south Louisiana rice farmers an estimated $14 million in fields that were destroyed after being completely submerged.Dustin Harrell, Louisiana State University's rice specialist, tells The Advertiser that doesn't include yield or quality losses from rice that was damaged, but can still be harvested, nor does it include equipment and infrastructure losses.Harrell said in some ways the damage is worse than from previous