Hurricanes Deal Sugar Industry a Serious Blow
by Beth Fertig
All Things Considered, October 4, 2005 · Hurricanes Rita and Katrina hit
Louisiana's sugar growers hard, flattening and flooding cane fields just
as the harvest was to begin. The annual harvest festival was canceled
last week -- for the first time in memory since World War II. There are
fears the storms will adversely impact the sugar industry. Beth Fertig
of member station KRVS reports.
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