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 ...

Sugarcane burning has been around for decades. And according to the LSU Ag Center Research and Extension website, burning of sugarcane cuts the overall cost of production, reduces the wear and tear on ...

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 ...

YOUNGSVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Agriculture experts told News 10 that if rain does not come quickly, it could impact the sugarcane harvest dramatically. “Louisiana is under major attack from the sun at the ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY)— Sugar cane farmer Eddie Lewis talks about this year’s harvest and what he is expecting following the severe drought Louisiana has been in. He said it does not look good, but he was ...

The agriculture experts have advised the sugarcane growers to adopt recommended harvesting techniques for improving yield, recovery and ratoon crop performance. A spokesman of Agriculture (Extension) ...

After nearly six years battling against the outdated, toxic and inherently racist practice of pre-harvest sugar field burning in and around the Everglades Agricultural Area, activists in the Glades ...

Thailand's sugar cane output is expected to increase in the 2024-25 crop year thanks to more rainfall, but farmers face strict screening for harvesting by burning, says the Office of the Cane and ...