Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), a tropical perennial grass native to Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia, is one of the world’s most important economic food and energy crops. Its soaring stalks ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH — As sugarcane enters its growing season, inconsistent temperatures pose potential risks for its development. Stuart Gauthier, a county agent with the LSU Ag Center, explains that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a time when farmers' overhead costs for fuel and fertilizers have risen, Louisiana farmers also are battling Mother Nature.

BASEL, Switzerland -- Syngenta announced today that it is developing a new technology to dramatically improve the cost efficiency of sugar cane planting in Brazil. Syngenta's innova-tion would reduce ...

Sugar is one of the common elements in our everyday life, but we rarely think about where it comes from. In the United States ...