While Louisiana is the second largest sugar cane producer in the United States, the state's yield -- projected at 14.8 million tons of crop and 1.67 million tons of raw sugar for 2012 -- is a ...

Louisiana produces 20 percent of the sugar grown in the U.S., according to the American Sugar Cane League. The industry packs a $1.7 billion economic impact in Louisiana, the league said.

The beginning of October marks the start of the harvest season for sugar cane farmers around Acadiana. ... Last years sugarcane production in Louisiana set a record at 1.82 million tons.

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 ...

Heavy rainfall hit the Louisiana sugar cane industry this fall, slowing down the harvesting process and reducing crop yields. Rain from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia and additional storms dumped ...

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 ...

Louisiana’s 2015 sugar cane harvest was a wet, muddy mess, farmers and industry experts said late last week, as the last of the state’s 11 sug ...

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.

LAFAYETTE, La. — Louisiana sugar cane farmers are reporting an uneven 2014 harvest, one that produced weak yields in the southeastern section of the state but stronger results in lands lying westward.

BOURG, La. — Hurricane Delta has the potential to do a lot of damage to south Louisiana sugarcane fields. Farmers know when a storm hits, the crop damage could cost them a lot of money. Wallace ...

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Construction is set to begin on a $70 million Louisiana plant that will turn sugar cane bagasse into fuel pellets. The plant is projected to create 340,000 metric tons of fuel pellets annually.