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One year ago, torrential rainfall caused a flood never seen before in south Louisiana. A whopping 31 inches of rain fell in just 12 hours in some parts of Livingston Parish, flooding 90% of the homes there. While urban and suburban areas were hit hardest, rural areas were devastated as well.

Too. Much. Rain. That's the theme on social media, as farmers try to harvest their crops in between daily rain showers. In this week's Trending on TWILA, we bring you up to date on this year's harvest and launch our annual TWILA Harvest campaign.

June 13, 2016

Louisiana Farmers Should Scout for Soybean Rust Disease

June 13, 2016/ LFB Information & Public Relations

by Olivia McClure, LSU AgCenter

BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana farmers need to make sure they’re scouting their fields for signs of diseases, including Asian soybean rust, which was found Thursday (June 9) in Iberville Parish.

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Louisiana's sugarcane crop seems to be in good shape despite seeing excessive rainfall. A new insect pest has been found that could threaten sugarcane and other crops.

Farmers are in the early stages of harvesting corn and rice while waiting on their soybean and cotton crops to mature. Overall, crops look to be in decent shape with some better than others.