Grinding season began this week for Lafourche Sugars, and it’s a race to turn 1 million tons of cane into sweet crystals. The mill started up Monday Oct. 7, and for the next 100 days, Lafourche Sugars ...

Sugar is Florida’s quiet giant. It does not always claim the cultural spotlight the way citrus does, but it shapes kitchens, commerce and the state’s agricultural identity. Florida is the nation’s ...

JEANERETTE, La. (KLFY) — There are only 11 sugar mills in Louisiana, and M.A. Patout in Jeanerette is one of them. Randy Romero, the CEO of M.A. Patout, said the harvest season lasts from September to ...

Prime Minister John Briceño underscored Santander’s cutting-edge and technology-driven operations as he addressed the company’s 10th harvest season on March 2, 2026, at the Santander Sugar Factory.

The sugar cane industry, while producing a $4.2 billion annual economic impact in Louisiana, creates tons of waste product every year. What to do with that waste has long been a problem for sugar ...