Even so, the number of sugarcane farms in Louisiana has dwindled to 550 compared with 850 as recently as 2002, thanks to years of stubbornly low sugar prices and rising fuel and fertiliser costs.

尽管如此，路易斯安那州的甘蔗农场数量已经由2002年的850个减少到了550个。因为很多年来，蔗糖价格一直很低，而油价和肥料的价格却越来越高。

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