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Nearing end – As an unusually long grinding season enters its final weeks, cane farmers are contending with sloppy conditions. The mud, however, is not dampening spirits lifted by a record season for St. Martin Parish’s sugar industry. (Karl Jeter)

Farmers near end of record harvest

St. Martin Parish sugar producers are expecting to wrap up an all-time record harvest season in early January LaSuCo general manager Mike Comb told the Teche News that the last cane should be delivered to the St. John mill on January 4 or 5 and grinding should be done by Monday,

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