American Sugar Cane League: 2016 crop shows good potential

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The American Sugar Cane League predicts the 2016 cane crop shows good potential and could pass last year's 1.4 million tons of raw sugar.

Waguespack said it was feared the rutted fields created by the 2015 wet harvest conditions would damage cane roots but milder weather allowed farmers to get into the fields to drain water and repair rows.