THIBODAUX, La. — In the fall, tall, bright green sugarcane stalks reach up to meet deep blue skies along Bayou Lafourche.

It's harvest season on the Naquin family farm.

"It's straight, it's tall, good population in the row," said Ryan Naquin, walking through his fields. "Most importantly, as you can see, it's very dry in there, which is going to make harvesting it a lot easier," added his cousin Craig Naquin.

Craig and Ryan Naquin are carrying on a family tradition — the fifth generation to work this nearly 4,000-acre operation near Thibodaux.

"You ride up and down the bayou, as far as you can see, there's sugarcane all over the place," Ryan Naquin said.

And this year, they like what they see.

"We came in with expectations of an average year just looking at how the crop was growing,"

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