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 ...
Grinding season began this week for Lafourche Sugars, and it’s a race to turn 1 million tons of cane into sweet crystals. The mill started up Monday Oct. 7, and for the next 100 days, Lafourche Sugars ...