Louisiana's sugar cane production is booming. Despite a severe drought, the state's 2023 harvest produced more than 1.8 million tons of sugar.The number of acres of sugar cane harvested has ...

In Louisiana, the value of the crop in 2022 is worth $1,436,000,000 with more than 20 parishes producing sugar cane, including Lafayette. The Sugar Cane festival was born in 1937 by Charles ...

Sugar cane employs 19,600 people and has a $4.2 billion economic impact in Louisiana, according to the LSU Ag Center. Pointe Coupee is now the largest sugarcane-producing parish in the state, ...

R.L. Bret Allain II, a sugar cane farmer and Louisiana state senator said while his crops are not doing great this year, they are doing better than farmers farther west.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s sugar cane farmers struggled with extreme weather and flooding this year, which could make a dent in the nation’s sugar crop. Farmers grappled with rain ...

Louisiana farmers set a record this year for the amount of sugar per ton of cane harvested, but it's not a record harvest, says LSU AgCenter sugar specialist Kenneth Gravois.

The fall’s heavy rains hit the Louisiana sugar cane industry at just about the worst possible time, slowing down the harvesting process, reducing crop yields, knocking down thousands of acres ...

What Louisiana farmers and agriculture experts say potential Coca-Cola ingredient switch could mean for sugar cane in the state Updated: 22 hours ago Louisiana farmers say Trump’s claim that Coca-Cola ...