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• Santa Rosa sugar mill reopening amid water availability concerns Play Video

  October 1, 2025 7:45 PM

  Fields in Santa Rosa that were once filled with rows of sugarcane now sit bare. In 2024, the Santa Rosa sugar mill closed its doors because farmers didn't have enough water for their crops. “From 2020 to 2021 — and as we got to 2022 — the water... more »

• Santa Rosa sugar mill reopening in effort to restore Texas’ sugarcane industry Play Video

  September 26, 2025 9:13 PM

  After closing in 2024, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced that Santa Rosa’s sugar mill will reopen. Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. was the last remaining sugar operation in Texas before it closed after 51 years in business due to a lack of water in the area, according... more »

• RGV Sugar Growers Expect to Take Months to Harvest Crop Play Video

  January 23, 2017 6:45 PM

  SANTA ROSA – Fire crews all over the Rio Grande Valley have been working overtime to put out a wildfire in Brooks County. However, not all the smoke people can see is necessarily a bad thing. According to the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, the reason they burn the sugarcane... more »