IBERIA PARISH — "This is a byproduct of cane—this is our trash—and you're converting that trash into energy, creating jobs, it's a win-win for everybody." Out with the old and in with the new, ...

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 ...

El Cerrito, Colombia — Between breaks to sharpen his machete under the equatorial sun, Gregorio Hurtado laid waste to row upon row of 9-foot sugar cane stalks. Like plantation labor of a bygone era, ...

BATON ROUGE -- Praj Industries, a publicly traded bioenergy engineering business with headquarters in India, is laying the foundation for a $100 million plant in Louisiana that would use sugar cane ...

A new effort by the LSU AgCenter to streamline biofuels research may have a positive impact on local sugar cane, forestry and other agricultural producers while increasing the state's use of biofuels, ...

Praj Industries, a publicly traded bioenergy engineering business with headquarters in India, is laying the foundation for a $100 million plant in Louisiana that would use sugar cane bagasse as a fuel ...

The processing plants peppering the agricultural heartland of Brazil attest to the country’s position as the world’s biggest sugar-cane producer and the undisputed king of ethanol made from the crop.

A North Queensland sugar cane grower has issued a call for Australia to make an urgent switch — or there may not be a future in our sugar cane crops. Mr Di Bella produces about 13,000 tonnes of cane ...

Brazil is to launch a $10 million international campaign promoting the use of biofuel from sugarcane as a way of boosting its huge industry in the sector, officials said Feb. 25. The initiative, which ...

Brazil is increasing its sugar cane crops and exports of ethanol, but critics say the expansion does more harm than good to the environment. If we're going to use ethanol we have to use the most ...

SOJO, PERU — With a sweep of his arm, Gov. Cesar Trelles showed off acres of hilly scrub-land that, at first glance, seem best suited for the foxes, lizards and geckos that call it home. But in a few ...