NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An agricultural expert says Louisiana’s sugarcane crop appears to have suffered less damage from Hurricane Isaac than first thought.

But Kenneth Gravois, with the Louisiana State University Agcenter, says next year’s crop probably will be hurt worse than this year’s because about half the seed cane was planted late.

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