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.