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The plant would turn sugar cane waste into biofuels for the European and Asian markets.

Eddie Lewis of Lewis of Lewis Farms in Youngsville is the first sugar cane grower to ever be appointed to the USDA Board that oversees sweeteners and sweetener products.

LSU/SU AgCenter Extension Agents Blair Hebert, in Iberia Parish and Stan Dutile, in Lafayette Parish, explain how the last year's weather swings have affected several local agriculture industries.

A Senior Agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League says the planting season has been "very rough."

Have you crossed a few stinky locations while traveling in Louisiana? Check this list out and think back.

A Lacassine based distillery is set to take it's Louisiana made sugarcane rum to the rest of the country and the world.

Sugar brokers are going into 2015 selling the commodity at a price that has rebounded somewhat from last year's low levels.

Stalks this year are about a foot shorter than normal.

Fires have been the subject of growing complaints as more rural subdivisions sprout amid the farms.

Researchers say the development could give sugar cane farmers a stake in the plastics industry.

Sometimes less favorable conditions produce better results.

The sugar industry provides approximately 16,000 jobs in 22 Louisiana parishes.

The best has been left for last.

Police say the truck was recovered from the canal late Saturday, but it's still unclear what caused Preston to lose control.

HOUMA, La. (AP) — Hurricane Isaac's winds paired with recent rains made a rough start for this year's sugar-cane grinding season. But industry officials are optimistic that weather will improve this month, helping the process along. Jim Simon, general manager of the American Sugar Cane League, tells The Courier several mills started grinding last week...

The Sugar Cane Festival is fun for the whole family this week.

A brand new state-of-the-art rum distillery, the first of its kind in the state, is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Jim Simon, General Manager of the American Sugar Cane League says this year's sugar cane harvest is going well and yields are up.

Louisiana State University researchers are getting $17 million in federal funds to study how to turn sugar cane and sorghum into biofuels.

It is a new threat for rice and sugar cane farmers.The rice borer is a moth like bug that lays eggs that hatch worms in the plants. LSU AgCenter entomologist Natalie Hummel says that it's a difficult insect to deal with. Hummel says the rice borers haven't reached the heart of rice country yet, so damages should be minimal...