A sweet sign of power and wealth The first sugar cane stalks were grown in New Guinea 8,000 years ago. Yet people started eating sugar more regularly when raw sugar was transformed into ...

Romero breaks down the process. “When the cane’s coming in, we take some sample of quality to determine what the sugar yield would be. Then we take that cane, we dump it on cane tables,” he said. Then ...

As some sugar mills face uncertain futures and governments tighten budgets, it is often retirees and volunteers left ...

North Carolina has been devastated by flooding and mudslides after the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through the state.

Sugar cane was a notably demanding crop ... This partnership marked an important development in the company’s history, but it was not until 1900 that the firm’s name officially changed ...

There has been a significant decline in productivity among cane cutters. Director of Planning, Policy, and Research at the Ministry of Sugar Industry Reshmi Kumari highlighted this during the 8th ...

The transatlantic slave trade, spanning four centuries, generated immense wealth for Western nations and played a critical ...

SugarFest, a sugar cane harvest festival at the West Baton Rouge Museum, has demonstrations, live music and plenty of sugary ...

Please verify your email address. There are 11 types of seeds you can plant during summer in Fields of Mistria, and Sugar Cane Seeds are one of them. These crops take almost a full week to grow ...

From there, head south to tour the Chateau Murat, a famed 19th-century plantation that features an exhibit detailing the island's history of sugar cane cultivation and rum-making. The chateau ...