MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana agriculture suffered a staggering $1.69 billion loss in 2023, according to the LSU AgCenter — after months of extreme heat and drought devastated crops, livestock and forestry.

Farmers across the state are still grappling with the aftermath, and some are turning to regenerative farming as a long-term solution.

One of them is John Scarborough, a lifelong farmer who’s rethinking how land should be used:

“So when you put everything in together and you have multiple different types of species, multiple different types of animals, and multiple varieties of trees all in together, now you have something similar. You no longer have a farm. You have something similar to what you see in nature,” Scarborough said. “Except it’s managed by somebody and it’s put togethe

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