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 ...

"Sugar #11" refers to the global benchmark futures contract for raw sugar traded on the ICE Futures U.S. exchange. The actual ...

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 ...

THIBODAUX, La. — In the fall, tall, bright green sugarcane stalks reach up to meet deep blue skies along Bayou Lafourche. It's harvest season on the Naquin family farm.

The current sugarcane harvest in Acadiana is shaping up to be one of the best in recent years. New data indicates that the ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica, co-published with the Palm Beach Post, WLRN and WGCU. This year, reporters at The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica investigated the impact of sugar ...

Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), a tropical perennial grass native to Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia, is one of the world’s most important economic food and energy crops. Its soaring stalks ...

Sugar cane is a tall, fast-growing perennial grass known for its long, thick stems filled with sweet sap. While it's primarily cultivated for producing sugar and molasses, sugar cane is also an ...