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 to previous reports.

On Friday, Miller announced the creation of Santa Rosa Sugar LLC, which aims to revive the mill “for a new era of agricultural and economic development.”

The reopening of the mill will be done in four phases, with the sugar mill being revived in 2026, according to the news release.

“Sugarcane has been part of Texas agriculture for over a century,” Miller said in a statement. “When the mill closed in 2024, it wasn’t just a plant shutting down; it was a way of life for farm fami

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