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Burning Sugarcane
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:38 pm
Traveling I-10 today headed west near Duson. A huge field of sugarcane being burnt . Wind blowing to the northwest. Duson, Rayne ,Crowley and most of Acadia Parish covered with smoke. Why is it legal to do this. I know the cane farmers have to get a "permit" but that process is a joke. Why is this allowed? All other industries have very stringent flare emission standards. Can anyone with a match and a permit just start a huge fire, what about everyone else who has to breathe this crap ?
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Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:42 pm to cattleman
what else are they gonna do with a field full of 15-foot tall grass when it is time to harvest the stalks?....
that is the smell of the fall, man...you will actually miss stuff like that when you live out of state...
that is the smell of the fall, man...you will actually miss stuff like that when you live out of state...
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:42 pm to cattleman
How do you propose that we regulate lightening strikes? Should we outlaw wildfires too?
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:42 pm to cattleman
Relax honey. It's all over now.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:45 pm to pooponsaban
These are not lightning caused.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:47 pm to cattleman
Oh, you can prove this? Please go ahead and show me the proof. Thanks.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:48 pm to cattleman
and you're sure about that?
Posted on 12/13/13 at 8:51 pm to cattleman
I see you're a cattleman so let me ask you a quesiton. What do you do if you cut 50 acres of hay and it rains on it to where you can't bale?
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:10 pm to cattleman
quote:
Why is it legal to do this.
You would have really hated living near the sugar mill at Meeker when they closed it back in the mid 80s.
Left piles of bagasse to rot in the plant. Stuff smelled like the worst dogshit for the better part of two years. I pitied the people who had to live there.
LC
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:20 pm to cattleman
quote:
Why is it legal to do this.
Because it is an essential part of raising a cash crop that is important to the state of Louisiana
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:37 pm to cattleman
Gotta get those lady bugs out of there some how
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:41 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
OP needs to move to Colorado. Seems like all the regulations on guns and legalization of weed is working for them 
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:46 pm to ToulatownTiger
He brings up a good point. With all the EPA bullshite its funny how they just allow all that burning. Of course all the farmers, politicians, and govt folks are in bed together so its not surprising.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:51 pm to ToulatownTiger
I was raised a mile from the sugar mill in Thibodaux. I currently live a mile and a half from it. Burning cane it just part of life here. the sugar mill smell, you get used to that, my fiancé hates the smell but she isn't from Thibodaux
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:52 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Dow chemical =/= sugarcane field burning.
Not saying that you said this, but I feel it's important that it be stated for the record.
Not saying that you said this, but I feel it's important that it be stated for the record.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 9:57 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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all the farmers, politicians, and govt folks are in bed together so its not surprising.
this.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:03 pm to gorillacoco
Huge amounts of money made from cane. La politicians ain't about to frick with it.
Yes it's a huge double standard given EPA restrictions on certain industries, but again it's sugar cane and this is Louisiana. Nothing new here.
Yes it's a huge double standard given EPA restrictions on certain industries, but again it's sugar cane and this is Louisiana. Nothing new here.
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:15 pm to tigerinthebueche
My whole patio is covered in black soot rt now. Damn cane farmers. Poor things. Always complaining while they drive around in new f350's and fish out of 400,000 boats
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:25 pm to bushwacker
How long has your patio been here?
I suspect the Jesuits first planted cane off Baronne St. In New Orleans long before anyone thought about your subdivision.
In all seriousness, there are two burns-
1. Post harvest to deal with the residue left from the fans on the harvesters. It's necessary to get rid of the chaff since cane is a perennial crop and the high humidity here will rot the stool and prevent good ratooning in the subsequent years. So far, burning is the most effective way to do that.
2. Standing burn- cane is burnt prior to harvest to improve machine efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, or extend blade life. This year, a lot of mills are fighting fiber and having a hard time making sugar so they've asked growers to do standing burns when possible to clean the cane as much as possible.
And to the people who think farmers are getting rich, try sugar prices this year that are at levels the same as in the 80s coupled with a freeze during Thanksgiving which will adversely affect yeilds. Yeah, some years are good- but some aren't.
I suspect the Jesuits first planted cane off Baronne St. In New Orleans long before anyone thought about your subdivision.
In all seriousness, there are two burns-
1. Post harvest to deal with the residue left from the fans on the harvesters. It's necessary to get rid of the chaff since cane is a perennial crop and the high humidity here will rot the stool and prevent good ratooning in the subsequent years. So far, burning is the most effective way to do that.
2. Standing burn- cane is burnt prior to harvest to improve machine efficiency, reduce fuel consumption, or extend blade life. This year, a lot of mills are fighting fiber and having a hard time making sugar so they've asked growers to do standing burns when possible to clean the cane as much as possible.
And to the people who think farmers are getting rich, try sugar prices this year that are at levels the same as in the 80s coupled with a freeze during Thanksgiving which will adversely affect yeilds. Yeah, some years are good- but some aren't.
This post was edited on 12/13/13 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 12/13/13 at 10:30 pm to bushwacker
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new f350's and fish out of 400,000 boats
Jealously at its finest
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