Raceland Raw Sugar: Good Crops + Good Management = Extreme Sugar
By Sam Irwin, Public Relations Director, American Sugar Cane League
Dan Duplantis Jr.’s job search pretty much ended the day he was born 51 years ago. It seems he was destined to work in the sugarcane industry and it’s no surprise he ended up being the general manager of Raceland Raw Sugar, the sugarcane mill in Lafourche Parish just north of the town of Raceland. "My father (Dan Duplantis Sr.) started working in sugar in 1968 when I was born,” Duplantis said. "I’m fourth generation.