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re: Sugarcane trucks
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:46 am to bengaltigersfan
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:46 am to bengaltigersfan
Agriculture doesn't know it's Christmas day, baw.
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Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:46 am to Loup
Thanks for the info. Now I know.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:48 am to bengaltigersfan
Because you touch yourself.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:50 am to welder69
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It's all illegal immigrants that do that. No need the time off.
Maybe like 2% are illegal and they ain't driving the trucks
If they are driving a truck they probably work for the sugar mill and are H2B workers and get paid almost $20/hour
Farm workers are H2A and get paid $13.67 plus housing and a vehicle in LA in 2023
Go look in the paper and on job finding platforms and you will see as mandated by the gov ads asking for Americans to come work these jobs at the same pay and then go ask farmers how many inquires they get
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:52 am to bengaltigersfan
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Passing thru New Roads and Morganza on Christmas Day and dealt lines of traffic due to sugarcane trucks in morning and at night. Can anyone tell me why the need to haul sugarcane on Christmas Day? There’s got to be a reason
Um because thats their job and they need to get the crop out of the field
sorry it made you 5 min late for your Christmas
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:54 am to bengaltigersfan
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Not sure why all the anger for me asking a question. Everything’s gonna be ok.
Says the guy irritated at farmers just trying to do their job.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:56 am to bengaltigersfan
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Can anyone tell me why the need to haul sugarcane on Christmas Day?
All those candy canes and baked Christmas goods require a lot of sugar
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:57 am to bengaltigersfan
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Not sure why all the anger for me asking a question. Everything’s gonna be ok.
You’re bitching about people who are working on a holiday (yeah, you’re bitching) cause you- who was not working- had to suffer the inconvenience of their labor. Think about that.
And you’re traveling thru cane country. Anyone with any sense of awareness knows it’s grinding season. Yet you chose to travel thru it then bitch about it. It’s not anger. It’s disgust at your lack of awareness for anyone other than yourself.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:57 am to Hat Tricks
I don’t believe I called anyone a dipshit. I asked a question.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:57 am to welder69
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Farmers don't like hiring Americans
That’s not true. It’s more that most Americans are too fat and lazy and unwilling to do farm work for what it pays
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:01 am to welder69
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It's all illegal immigrants that do that. No need the time off.
Farmers don't like hiring Americans
Legal guest workers because it is in between their two harvest per year in Central America. Farmers and mill owners cannot find willing workers here.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:01 am to deltaland
That’s what the local farmers tell me too. Migrant workers outperform their American counterparts by a wide margin. It’s not just about the wages.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:03 am to bengaltigersfan
Just imagine what it used to be like when the roads were filled with carts of whole cane pulled by tractors instead of Semis hauling billets.
You must be a young one.
You must be a young one.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:05 am to Shwapp
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The grind doesn't stop.
This. And the with the recent freeze, there were lots of farmers cutting their cane before the freeze hit and so that's a lot cane that needed hauling.
Interestingly enough, I actually got a behind the scenes tour of a sugar mill yesterday from a buddy that works at one. It was pretty damn interesting. Those guys working the mill do not have an easy job.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:06 am to tigerinthebueche
Believe it or not not everyone knows everything. Some think they do. I asked a question because I did not know. Why would I know the sugarcane processing procedures??
Anyway, thanks to those who answered with the reason. I have been enlightened.
Anyway, thanks to those who answered with the reason. I have been enlightened.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:08 am to bengaltigersfan
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I don’t believe I called anyone a dipshit. I asked a question.
OK, Karen, You've had your bitch and now it's time to let go of your first world problems and go get a Starbucks.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:09 am to bengaltigersfan
When is a good day or time?
No matter what time it was hauled, people are gonna complain
No matter what time it was hauled, people are gonna complain
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:10 am to bengaltigersfan
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So once the mill is cranked up it’s a 24hr process till season is done? I’m ignorant on this process.
Basically yes. The mills do not stop until there isn't any more sugar cane to run through them. My brother contracts to a few different sugar companies. His company oversees export of raw sugar onto ships at different ports in LA and Florida. You don't really understand the enormity of it all until you see a massive warehouse with raw sugar piled 50-60' high.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:11 am to bengaltigersfan
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So once the mill is cranked up it’s a 24hr process till season is done? I’m ignorant on this process.
Yes
Posted on 12/27/22 at 9:18 am to tigerinthebueche
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It’s not just about the wages.
it has nothing to do with the wages
H2A and H2B is not cheap labor
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