Agronomist Atticus Finger of Labaideville has been hired by the American Sugar Cane League to manage seed cane increase stations in the Bayou Teche region and northern parishes of Louisiana’s sugarcane belt. Finger will also assist in all League crop research…
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The Stories in the Sugar – Lafourche Sugar
Lafourche Sugars Changing with the Times Lafourche Sugars, the sugarcane mill in Thibodaux, represents the changing nature of Louisiana’s 224-year old sugarcane industry. Many folks in the industry are the latest in a long line of sugarcane growers and millers, but…
Sugar industry closely monitoring TPP negotiations
The Louisiana sugar industry is following the trade negotiations in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership accord with a keen eye, said Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League. “It’s important that the trade agreement doesn’t trade away the ability…
Mike Melancon elected League president; Waguespack promoted to senior agronomist
Breaux Bridge sugarcane producer Michael G. Melancon was elected the president of the American Sugar Cane League at the group’s annual meeting February 3 at the Lafayette Hilton. Melancon has served on the League’s board of directors for 16 years and has now held…
Dr. David Kohl addresses ASCL
Dr. Kohl’s slide presentation, Straight Talk, Straight Actions: Managing Your Farm Through a Changing Economy, is available here. VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW
Louisiana’s sugarcane industry applauds sugar dumping case settlement
American Sugar Cane League (ASCL) Manager Jim Simon said U.S. and Mexican government officials yesterday initialed an accord to suspend the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of sugar from Mexico. Simon was optimistic about the settlement….