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 ...

Welcome to our in-depth exploration of the sugarcane harvest and the intricate process that turns these towering stalks into the sugar we use every day! 🌱 In this video, we take you from the vast ...

The 2026 sugarcane harvest and milling season has gotten underway here, marking the start of a crop year defined by improved ...

"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 ...

The practice of cutting off the tough outer husks of sugar cane stalks as an alternative to burning them off in pre-harvest fires has been adopted almost everywhere the crop is grown. Known as "green ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s sugar cane harvesting season and you may see moving equipment on the roadways hauling sugar cane. KATC has pulled together what you need to know when driving on the roadway this harvesting season ...

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 ...

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 ...