BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — An agriculture expert says this year’s Louisiana sugarcane crop had great growing conditions although Hurricane Francine’s strong winds damaged some crops. An estimated ...
It’s planting season for sugarcane farmers in Louisiana as they replenish fields that are older than three years and no longer yielding as much sugar. When President Donald Trump said he wanted ...
Can crops and clean energy grow side by side? A Louisiana study is testing whether solar farms can feed more than the grid.
Louisiana sugarcane farmers acknowledge they depend greatly on migrant workers from Mexico to plant and harvest their crops. (Photo by Olivia Perillo/The Current) In the late summer heat, the hours ...