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One man’s business depends on sugarcane for sweet success

THIBODAUX, La – For Louisiana, sugarcane means a lot of money.

It means $3 billion dollars every year.

It’s not just the farmers who depend on the sugarcane.

WGNO’s Bill Wood travels to Thibodaux to a business that also depends on the cane crop.

It’s been a rough week.

Hurricane Laura hit farmers hard.

In some fields, half the sugarcane got knocked down.