The American Sugar Cane League’s Variety Release Committee unanimously approved the release of two new varieties, Ho 12-615 and L 12-201, for commercial planting in the summer of 2019. The committee is composed of representative researchers from the United States…
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Sugar mill officials hear research results from grinding season
(04/16/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Each spring, representatives from Louisiana sugarcane mills hear results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute. During the factory operations seminar on April 11, researchers from the institute provided the…
Sugarcane goes to Washington
Several Louisiana sugarcane farmers recently completed “fly-ins” to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressional leaders and staffers and other movers and shakers of American farm policy. These fly-ins are a laborious undertaking. They are three solid days…
Raising sugarcane is south Louisiana way of life, positioned for growth
As America’s love affair with sugar continues, Louisiana sugarcane production is expected tofeed its voracious appetite, closingin on 500,000 acres, experts say. But it’s harder to say what this year’s harvest will yield. “A lot of…
Savoie Industries creates endowment for sugar research internship
(03/13/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Savoie Industries LLC has created an endowment to support an LSU College of Agriculture intern at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station. Mike Daigle, CEO of Savoie Industries, said his family wanted to support the future of the sugar…
A strong sugar policy supports American jobs
Fifty-seven sugar factories have closed since the 1980s due to low prices, contributing to the loss of 100,000 sugar jobs. In fact, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics stopped tracking “sugar manufacturing” as a job category in 2008 due to the…