As these horrid drought conditions persist, the state has issued a total burn ban and suspended the law that allows for agricultural field burning. Prescribed burn protocols do not allow field burning under these conditions. In prior burn bans agricultural field burning using the prescribed protocol was allowed, but with the potential for any fire to become catastrophic, all burning in the state is prohibited.
League’s Educational Outreach
Students listen to a Louisiana sugarcane presentation at the Jeanerette Museum in Jeanerette, La. The school year, abbreviated by the covid-19 pandemic, is officially over and Louisiana’s sugar industry played a small role in educating more than 1,500 students on the important role sugarcane plays...
