Mother nature is affecting the harvesting of sugarcane in Vermilion Parish. Sugarcane farmers are having trouble because of recent weather conditions. Brothers Donny and Monte Vallot with Vallot Farms ...

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 ...

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 ...

They call it “black snow” when the ash from the burning sugar cane rains down on the small communities dotting the south shore of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. From October to April, ash and soot fall ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Sugarcane is one of Louisiana’s top money makers and ensures a way of life for farmers across the state. Now, after a slow start to the year, sugarcane farmers anxiously ...

YOUNGSVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Agriculture experts told News 10 that if rain does not come quickly, it could impact the sugarcane harvest dramatically. “Louisiana is under major attack from the sun at the ...