Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), a tropical perennial grass native to Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia, is one of the world’s most important economic food and energy crops. Its soaring stalks ...

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 ...

Biotech start-up has genetically optimized microbes to produce diesel fuel from sugar cane. Its first plant, in California, will be followed by a commercial plant in Brazil. Martin LaMonica is a ...

New construction is set to begin next month on a $70 million renewable fuel plant in southwest Louisiana that will convert sugar cane bagasse into fuel pellets. The facility was set to begin ...

Sugar cane is an inextricable part of the culture and economy in South Louisiana. Our state is the northernmost location in the world where sugarcane is grown, planted across more ...

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 ...