Florida Crystals Corp., another leading producer of sugar cane, said its farmers have taken steps to minimize peat loss and greenhouse gas emissions by focusing, for instance, on minimizing soil ...

When Florida's pre-harvest sugar cane burning season began on Oct. 3 with fires across 160 acres of land, the state's department of agriculture, which authorizes the blazes, proclaimed the day the ...

The dry sugar cane leaves that once went up in smoke now form a protective blanket on the fields, enriching the soil. Some of these leaves, commonly called straw in Brazil, are also collected to ...

After nearly six years battling against the outdated, toxic and inherently racist practice of pre-harvest sugar field burning in and around the Everglades Agricultural Area, activists in the Glades… ...

Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe. But Brazil has transitioned away from the practice, and experts there say the U.S. can follow their lead.

Culture: Prepare the soil for flower cultivation. Select a sunny spot or one with partial protection from the western sun. If planting in the ground, consider sugar cane’s dramatic height of up ...

Some 20,000 farmers signed up. From those, 1,000 were chosen for the first trial, focused on sugar cane. An initial cohort of 200 began planting in mid-2024. The sugar cane test plot yielded stalks ...

Florida Crystals Corp., another leading producer of sugar cane, said its farmers have taken steps to minimize peat loss and greenhouse gas emissions by focusing, for instance, on minimizing soil ...