In Canada, as well as the U.K. and Australia, December 26 is now better known as a day for scooping up shopping deals, similar to Black Friday in the U.S. Most stores open their doors early and discount prices on items ranging from clothing to technology to appliances.
In the United States, sugar cane is grown commercially in Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Texas and Puerto Rico. It could also be grown, and used to be, in much of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and nearly all of Mississippi.
Sugar cane is a warm-season crop and should be planted in the tropical and subtropical regions of our country. It will grow best in USDA hardiness zones 9 and 10 because it is very cold-sensitive. Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) might look like bamboo, but it is a member of the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).