# Looking Through Glass: Cambodian Workers Return Home, 90% of Sugarcane Farm Owners Still Don't Know Their Fate in the 'Crushing Season' *Author: Arosa Sridaowreung | Photography: Kitti Kaewkhiao | See Think, November 27, 2025 - 16:32* In less than a month, the sugarcane harvesting festival will arrive across the country. For farmers, it's known as the "crushing season opening"—a time when the entire nation must accelerate machinery and labor in tandem for 3-4 months, from December this year through March next year, until factories announce the "closing" of the season. Farmers who cannot deliver their cut sugarcane to the mill on time face accumulated losses and debts according to regulations.