For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the ...

Historian Ulbe Bosma talks about his book on sugar as the 61st conference kicks off at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Today, Mount Gay, the world's oldest running rum distillery with a legacy spanning over 320 years, introduces the fourth ...

Gravois says Louisiana has 11 raw sugar factories, and this harvest could last until January if the weather holds up. It’s a labor of love, one that Hanks hopes will continue to rebound. The LSU ...

David Wheatley, a tenant farmer, says he would earn more by leaving his field empty [David Wheatley] A farmer says he will stop growing sugar beet after 25 years due to declining profits, complex ...

In the early 1980s, I was employed at McBryde Sugar Co., Kauai as a haul cane truck driver assigned to one of three sugarcane harvesting gangs. These gangs worked around the clock in three shifts, ...

The harvest of sugar cane in West Baton Rouge is currently underway and to celebrate Sugarfest is happening too.

Rising labor costs and fuel, pricey weed killers and costly fungicides to fight the yield-sapping cercospora leaf spot disease that chokes crops and thrives in Michigan's humid climate drove his ...

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While east and northeast India (mainly Bihar and Assam) suffered a 19 per cent rainfall deficiency, the northwest parts ...

The 30th annual SugarFest celebrates the sugarcane harvest season in West Baton Rouge. It's an opportunity to learn about local culture, music and history.