Louisiana sugarcane farmers say theydepend heavily on migrant workers fromMexicoIn the late summer heat, the hours move likemolasses.Still, across the cane fields of South Louisiana,migrant workers from Mexico brave the sun andpunishing humidity to plant sugarcane. They comefrom the mountains of Guanajuato and San LuísPotosí, or the tropical coast of Veracruz, working thefields, often up to 70 hours a week.Their …

Now that deer season is here, I amonce again enjoying the privilege ofinterviewing successful hunters andwriting stories for LA Sportsman magazineabout big bucks taken in thestate. Here’s one I did last weekthat had a couple of interestingtwists.Waylon Shackleford, 19 yearold who lives in Alexandria,a pre-engineering student atLSU-Alexandria, encountered acouple of strange and interestingthings that occurred beforehe could lay claim to …