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 been ...
Jun. 3—WASHINGTON — Vermilion Parish sugar cane farmer Kyle Zenon put on his Sunday church suit to haunt the halls of Capitol Hill in a quest to push a gridlocked Congress into passing the stalled ...
NEW IBERIA, la. (KLFY) –Sugarcane farming in New Iberia is embracing new technology, including drones, to improve efficiency and profitability, according to veteran farmer Ricky Gonsoulin. Ricky ...
"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 ...
It’s a cloudy, gray Saturday morning in November and the Schexnayders are gathered in a shed on their farm in White Castle, watching sugar cane juice bubble away in a large, cast iron cauldron. The ...
WASHINGTON — Vermilion Parish sugar cane farmer Kyle Zenon put on his Sunday church suit to haunt the halls of Capitol Hill in a quest to push a gridlocked Congress into passing the stalled Farm Bill.