NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s harvests this year include record yields for at least five crops — corn, soybeans, cotton, grain sorghum and rice — and sugarcane, still being harvested, could be close to a record, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

More irrigation, better crop varieties and luck with the weather are among reasons for the bounty, LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry said.

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