Many folks in the industry are the latest in a long line of sugarcane growers and millers, but modern agriculture, however, is driven by advances in science and technology. Sugarcane finds it must compete with newer technical industries for the top homegrown talent to manage the mechanics and science of the mill and the field. Lafourche Sugars, the sugarcane mill in Thibodaux, represents the changing nature of Louisiana’s 224-year old sugarcane industry.
