Some things can’t be believed until experienced. Since I grew up in Mississippi and have spent the past 18 years in Louisiana, I thought I was prepared for the heat of the equator in July. I was wrong ...

TROY, Ala. — Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Joe Todd of Todd Farms in Dothan said "Amen" to that. The seventh-generation syrup-maker ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain proposed Friday to borrow $7 million to take ownership of a failed sugar cane mill in southwest Louisiana built with state dollars and now ...

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 ...

TROY — Ralph Waldo Emerson said "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." Joe Todd of Todd Farms in Dothan said "Amen" to that. The seventh-generation syrup-maker with ...