Since October 1, Glades residents have once again been smothered in the smoke and ash that will plague us through the entirety of the six-to-eight-month sugar cane pre-harvest burn season. For ...
Patrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane farmer in Plaquemine, finished harvesting his sugarcane on Jan. 12 and breathed a huge sigh of relief. “I feel very blessed to be able to cut all the cane out of our ...
Reed St. Pierre has watched as mud from heavy rains worked his trucks so hard that they broke down. He has seen water flood his LaPlace sugar cane fields, and a typical day's work now leaves his boots ...
It’s sugar cane harvesting season and you may see moving equipment on the roadways hauling sugar cane. KATC has pulled together what you need to know when driving on the roadway this harvesting season ...
This story was originally published by ProPublica, co-published with the Palm Beach Post, WLRN and WGCU. This year, reporters at The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica investigated the impact of sugar ...
In October through December, it never fails that I end up behind a sugar cane truck on my way from Baton Rouge to visit my family in Morgan City. During my route, I drive through Port Allen, Brusly, ...
Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burning is safe and can't be stopped without economic harm. But Brazil has successfully transitioned away from the controversial practice, and experts there ...