Since October 1, Glades residents have once again been smothered in the smoke and ash that will plague us through the entirety of the six-to-eight-month sugar cane pre-harvest burn season. For ...

At Gonsoulin Farms in Iberia Parish, it’s business as usual. With about a quarter of their crop already processed, owner and operator Ricky Gonsoulin says things are looking strong so far.

Reed St. Pierre has watched as mud from heavy rains worked his trucks so hard that they broke down. He has seen water flood his LaPlace sugar cane fields, and a typical day's work now leaves his boots ...

Patrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane farmer in Plaquemine, finished harvesting his sugarcane on Jan. 12 and breathed a huge sigh of relief. “I feel very blessed to be able to cut all the cane out of our ...

The nation’s sugar crop is expected to be down this year following a difficult growing season in Louisiana that was marred by extreme weather and flooding, as well as significant losses for sugar beet ...

Mumias Sugar Company has announced that it will harvest and crush cane for Nzoia Sugar Company. This is part of a deal the two millers have reached since Nzoia lacks the capacity to handle all the ...

The new regulations aim at monitoring sugar cane production and farming by outgrowers and regulating sugarcane quality, among ...

They call it “black snow” when the ash from the burning sugar cane rains down on the small communities dotting the south shore of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. From October to April, ash and soot fall ...