Bain Family Donation to Benefit Sugarcane Research

By Tobie Blanchard, LSU AgCenter

BUNKIE — In an area considered the northernmost point in the world for growing sugarcane, the Bain family has been raising the sweet stuff for four generations. “We are doing the impossible here,” said Sterling Bain Jr., the oldest sibling in the Bain family. “There shouldn’t be cane this far north.”