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Posted on 7/16/25 at 5:56 pm to sharkfhin
Someone not receiving govt assistance for doing nothing will
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:05 pm to sharkfhin
I’ve only seen black sugar cane truck drivers but it’s been awhile since I’ve been in the area that grows it.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:48 pm to TIGERSby10
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I know a bunch of sugarcane and crawfish farmers and I can't think of one employee that is Mexican. You are making up a problem that applies to other states, not LA.
You mention cane and crawfish, so maybe you’re in SW LA but unless LA 1 and the west side farmers all get nothing but Guatemalans, El Salvadorans, and Nicaraguans and the like it sounds like you do not know of what you speak
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:52 pm to Potchafa
quote:my sister's husband is a cane farmer. They got 100s of acres of cane. They get all walks of life looking for extra work
Wouldn't be a bad side gig.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:55 pm to Cosmo
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They have guest worker permits and they leave after harvest. I think the trucks are exempt from typical CDL laws if used for farming. They also dont bring entire families with them. I have no problem with a guest worker program as long as they leave after harvest
Sugar lobby strong in LA
Correct, and our harvest is in-between the two annual harvests in Central America
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:56 pm to HeadCall
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Americans will drive the trucks
Yes, especially those needeing to work 20 hours / week to remain on food stamps and medicaid.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:57 pm to swamptiger99
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Oh no, You'll have to pay a higher wage to attract American workers who live here
As long arse society will bear the increased cost of production, that is fine. Remember….the retail customer pays in the end.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 6:59 pm to Spankum
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Remember….the retail customer pays in the end.
When has anything ever come down? Everything goes up and has stayed up.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:01 pm to KemoSabe65
quote:ive never been there before and dont even know where daberry is
Have you ever talked to any drivers from Jeanerette or Da Berry? Engrish is a second language to many in South La as it is.
. I have family that lives in Breaux Bridge. Lots of Cane and lots Of Crawfish. I have a house in Baton Rouge but i dont live in Louisiana. I live in S. Florida probably 9 months out of the year.
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:08 pm to sharkfhin
Every sugar cane truck driver I know has a CDL
Posted on 7/16/25 at 7:14 pm to Sofaking2
quote:im sure they do but I was referring to the guy who her flown in.
Every sugar cane truck driver I know has a CDL
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:17 pm to sharkfhin
No. Because farmers are not regulated by DOT. That’s one of the problems about that. Farmers get a variance and their immigrant workers don’t need DOT licenses to drive those big trucks.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:22 pm to TIGERSby10
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I know a bunch of sugarcane and crawfish farmers and I can't think of one employee that is Mexican.
Nope, they are Guatemalan and Honduran!
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:26 pm to Sofaking2
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Every sugar cane truck driver I know has a CDL
You must know any then!
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:27 pm to back9Tiger
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This is easy, short distance hauls. Great for extra money if that's what you are looking for.
This post was edited on 7/17/25 at 12:15 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:30 pm to sharkfhin
Tyrone will be out there swangin and bangin in the fields.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 8:45 pm to CR4090
Before Andrew, the farmers could rely on locals getting off their ____ and going to work. Government freebies relieved them of having to work to eat. Guy from around New Iberia, went down to the Valley and found some folks that wanted to work. The rest is history.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:32 pm to sharkfhin
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New DOT law mandates that if you cant speak English, you cant drive big trucks in the U.S. at all.
Good
quote:The roads will be safer.
What will happen when illegals cant drive for the Sugarcane Harvest this fall?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:58 pm to OweO
I have workers on work visas. They can work for 10 months and go home for 2 months, then renew their visas rinse and repeat. Been doing for decades I’ve never had a problem. They always have their visas with them. They’ve been pulled over before in 18 wheelers hauling rice to rice driers, random dotd spot checks everything checks out and they continue on. If business do it right there’s no problems.
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