A drink known as “fire water” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when talking about sophisticated drinking. But in the ...

Union, Justice, Confidence.” Our state motto, adopted more than a century ago, urges Louisianans to earn unity and prosperity ...

In Louisiana, there's so much history and culture to explore, especially in these seven offbeat towns. Find out why World ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute, or AAI, is a new partner with the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida or SCGC. The kick-off meeting, held on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The SugarFest in West Baton Rouge celebrates 29 years of sugar cane harvest. Families gathered at one of the sweetest traditions in Louisiana, the annual SugarFest ...

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 ...

PAINCOURTVILLE, La. - Drought conditions have not improved, but the state is easing off the burn ban. It's coming just in time for one of the state's largest crops, sugar cane. There are more than ...

Louisiana, the state that produced the largest amount of sugar in the United States last season, kicked off the harvest of the new crop expecting losses as drier-than-normal weather in the second ...

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 ...

ERATH, La. — It has been a hard year of extreme heat and drought for sugar cane farmers, which has affected crops and harvests. "To say a field of sugarcane will not be harvested because of ...

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.