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

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 ...

At Gonsoulin Farms in Iberia Parish, it’s business as usual. With about a quarter of their crop already processed, owner and operator Ricky Gonsoulin says things are looking strong so far.

In the late summer heat, the hours move like molasses. Still, across the cane fields of South Louisiana, migrant workers from ...

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.” ...

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 ...

A valuable sugar-cane harvester has been destroyed and its operator left with a leg injury after a fire just off the Bruce ...

The recent sugar cane harvest in Louisiana is going to set a record with almost 2 million tons, LSU AgCenter officials said. The harvest that began in September and continued for almost 125 straight ...