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Hawaii’s sugar-producing era ends with a final load of cane from Maui’s HC&S fields

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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Driver Fermin Domingo delivered the last haul of sugar cane to be processed at HC&S on Maui.

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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Alexander & Baldwin CEO Chris Benjamin, in orange, gave HC&S General Manager Rick Volnar Jr. a hug as they marked the end of sugar cane production in Hawaii.

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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

The last load of sugar cane was tipped onto a conveyor belt leading to the mill.

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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Workers watched and recorded on their phones delivered the last haul of sugar cane to be processed at HC&S on Maui.

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BRYAN BERKOWITZ / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

The last load of sugar cane harvested on Maui to be processed was delivered Monday at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.