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 ...

You know that some of the sugar you purchase in stores is derived from sugar cane, right? You may also know that unless you live in a tropical climate, you wouldn't be able to grow sugar cane in your ...

As far back as 8000 B.C., the people of New Guinea chewed on the stalks of the indigenous sugar cane plant, savoring its sweet, juicy flavor. In 510 B.C., when Darius I invaded India, he was ...

For over 200 years in the United States, sugar cane field burning has been a tool that farmers use in the pre-harvest season to remove the tops of the sugar cane plant. However, the smoke from that ...

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. — A Western New York sugar plant may soon be getting a sweet deal as a part of a major shift in the U.S. beverage industry. Last month, Coca-Cola announced plans to roll out cane ...

A Manhattan Beach company is attempting to build the first-ever ethanol plant in the U.S. that uses sugar cane as feedstock. California Ethanol and Power is planning to build the $650 million plant on ...