Clewiston in Hendry County is home to U.S. Sugar's main processing operations and is one of the most important sugar cane communities in the United States. The surrounding EAA farmland produces sugar cane on a massive scale, with harvest operations running from October through April. The Clewiston area also produces significant quantities of sweet corn, vegetables, and citrus. H-2A workers are essential to both the sugar cane harvest and the vegetable operations in Hendry County.
Sugar cane operations in Clewiston use Code 0030 at $2.791 per $100 of payroll. Vegetable operations use Code 0008 at $2.506. A sugar cane operation with $600,000 in annual payroll would pay approximately $16,746 per year in workers' comp premiums. Bright Coast Insurance provides same-day certificates for Clewiston H-2A employers and serves the entire Hendry County agricultural community.