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 ...

"Down South we are so fortunate we usually catch showers coming off the bay, but that has not happened this year. I mean it's relentless." ERATH, La. — It has been a hard year of extreme heat and ...

Sugar Cane farmer Eddie Lewis said things are looking up this fall. “Harvest season is definitely a time that we look forward to,” said Lewis. “We try to reap the seeds that we planted years back.” ...

Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burning is safe and can't be stopped without economic harm. But Brazil has successfully transitioned away from the controversial practice, and experts there ...

This year, reporters at The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica investigated the impact of sugar cane burning in Florida. The harvesting practice helps produce more than half of America’s cane sugar, but ...

The New Iberia Sugar Cane Festival is a blend of agriculture, carnival and harvest festival. The 78th annual festival begins Thursday and continues through Sunday, located at Bouligny Plaza in New ...