Sugarcane is an important food crop, but its large environmental impact means there’s plenty of room for improvement. Unfortunately it’s tricky and time-consuming to breed new varieties, but now ...

Farmers urged to adopt new sugarcane varieties for improved productivity and disease resistance, enhancing income and ...

Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), a tropical perennial grass native to Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia, is one of the world’s most important economic food and energy crops. Its soaring stalks ...

A groundbreaking study investigating the growth of selected varieties of sugarcane to convert into high-performance jet fuel is underway at the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Agriculture, ...

Northern NSW sugar cane growers are facing uncertainty over where they will breed new subtropical sugar cane varieties. It comes after the recent announcement that the sugar industry's three R and D ...

Kō Hana Distillery prides itself in owning the largest sugar cane farm in Hawai‘i and creating rum directly from the plant, says farm manager Jakob Dewald. “What makes us truly unique is we’re making ...

Eddie Lewis III pulls up to his Youngsville farm in a large black Ford pickup truck, handing out gallon containers of water to his workers preparing land to plant the 2024 sugar cane crop. He’s ...