Sugar cane ready for milling at ST MARY SUGAR COOPERATIVE SUGAR MILL Jeanerette LA

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Large wagons are used to transport cane to raw sugar factories Cane is crushed and the juice is boiled to make a thick syrup that is separated into sugar crystal raw sugar and molasses The cane by product is bagasse which is used as a fuel to power the factory and as a cellulose source for ethanol bio fuel

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Keywords: agribusiness, agriculture, bagasse, bio, biofuel, biomass, cellulose, cellulosic, e85, energy, ethanol, extraction, farm, farming, feedstock, fuel, harvest, mill, process, refining, renewable, sucrose, sugar, sugarcane, sweet