By the Numbers: Sugar Cane Edition

Published 8:00 am Thursday, January 27, 2022

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9  Months sugarcane farmers work to produce a successful commercial crop.

1.6 Times Tiger Stadium could be filled up with the sugar produced in Louisiana.

8,074 Pounds of raw sugar produced by one acre of land.

3 Billions of dollars in state’s economic activity represented by sugarcane industry.

16K Jobs created by Louisiana’s sugarcane industry.