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 ...

SOLAPUR, India - Indian farmers in the country's top sugar growing state of Maharashtra are being forced to replace cane with less water intensive crops, as a scorching drought drives authorities to ...

Dry weather at planting time is one reason Louisiana‘s recent sugar cane harvest is expected to set a record at almost 2 million tons of sugar once grinding of cane is completed, LSU AgCenter ...

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 ...

CAIRO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The area planted with sugar beet and cane in Egypt in the 2011/2012 season will hold steady, an official said in remarks published on Wednesday, dousing talk that lucrative ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The area planted with sugar beet and cane in Egypt in the 2011/2012 season will hold steady, an official said in remarks published on Wednesday, dousing talk that lucrative prices ...

After several years of strong prices, sugar farmers are taking their lumps, analysts say. World production of beet and cane sugar has sent sugar prices into in a slump, a trend that doesn’t bode well ...

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 ...

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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 ...