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.
In most areas of the state it is grown only as a hobby crop for syrup production or as a source of âchewing caneâ. In South Florida, along the shores of Lake Okeechobee, sugarcane is grown commercially for the production of crystal or âwhiteâ sugar.