+11 Business With skyrocketing fuel costs, Louisiana farmers are in trouble. How much more can they afford? BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer Oct 19, 2026 Eddie Lewis III’s sugar cane crop looks better than it has in years, but he’ll be lucky if he breaks even by the end of the harvest.
+6 News Gov. Landry, USDA secretary tour sugar mill as Louisiana farmers face rising costs, labor woes BY JOANNA BROWN | Staff writer Sep 25, 2026 It’s the busiest time of year at the Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative in St. Martinville, where more than 70,000 tons of sugar cane have been …