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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH — Glades residents who want to end the sugar-cane burning they say pollutes their communities joined environmental activists Saturday in downtown West Palm Beach to push back against ...

Sugarcane burning has been around for decades. And according to the LSU Ag Center Research and Extension website, burning of sugarcane cuts the overall cost of production, reduces the wear and tear on ...

POINTE COUPEE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Farmers are optimistic this year, saying it could be another record-breaking year for the state’s sugar cane industry. “Weather has been good so far although ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana is the number one state in producing sugarcane, but this year’s numbers will be down due to the lack of rain we’ve had. Travis Medine has been a sugarcane farmer ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY)— Sugar cane farmer Eddie Lewis talks about this year’s harvest and what he is expecting following the severe drought Louisiana has been in. He said it does not look good, but he was ...

The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security voiced serious concern over delays in sugarcane crushing ...