Sugar Cane Field Burning: The Consequences of the Centuries-Old Practice and Possible Alternatives

By Adam Vos & Alana Schreiber

WWNO

For over 200 years in the United States, sugar cane field burning has been a tool that farmers use in the pre-harvest season to remove the tops of the sugar cane plant. However, the smoke from that burning can cause fog in the air, which leads to low visibility along roads and highways. This has been enough of a problem to cause road accidents, and in Louisiana, it has even caused some fatalities.

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