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Hawaii Sugar to be Used for Jet Fuel

Hawaii’s last sugar plantation could start producing jet fuel for the Navy. Federal agencies have announced they would spend millions of dollars to study producing advanced biofuels from sugarcane grown at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s fields on Maui.

Maui sugar operations alive

Alexander & Baldwin Inc. recently revealed that the company would continue sugar cane operations at its Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (HC&S) division through 2010, reports Maui Weekly.

Sugar Plantation in Hawaii Gets Reprieve

Sugar Plantation in Hawaii Gets Reprieve

Alexander & Baldwin Inc. won’t stop farming sugarcane on Maui this year despite huge financial losses incurred in recent years — but it’s still uncertain how much longer Hawai’i's last sugar plantation will exist.

photo credit: Honolulu Advertiser

End of an Era in Hawaii

The last harvest by Kaua’i sugar producer Gay and Robinson marks end of an era in Hawaii, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. Gay and Robinson is shifting focus to leasing and energy.

Hawaii’s Shrinking Sugar Industry

Hawaii’s sugar industry is about to be reduced from two companies to one, and what’s happening on Kauai is a lesson to people who live on Maui – figure out what goes on that land next, if you don’t want it to be town homes, according to Ask Howard, a television news personality in Hawaii.