ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — With nearly 16 inches of rain over the past two months, farmers say their sugar yields are down. And some area residents have been griping about roads left muddy and slick by harvesting equipment.
A Vermilion Parish ordinance makes sugar cane farmers responsible for scraping the mud from streets they use during the harvest.
Sheriff Mike Couvillon said complaints rose as rain continued to fall. He says deputies check such complaints and will stay at dangerously muddy roads, the squad car's lights on, to warn drivers.
If deputies can't reach the farmer to order him to clean the road, a parish fire truck will be sent.
LSU AgCenter Agent Andrew Granger says sugar cane farmers are doing a good job keeping the roads clean.
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 10:50 | 
