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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

“Black snow” is what some residents along Lake Okeechobee’s Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) call the soot and ash that falls on their community during sugarcane burning season. A former 20-year ...

They call it “black snow” when the ash from the burning sugar cane rains down on the small communities dotting the south shore of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. From October to April, ash and soot fall ...

The truck driver who allegedly failed to secure cane bins properly which triggered chaos and delays on a Redlynch road at the weekend has been dealt with by police.