December 11, 2018 Louisiana Sugarcane Industry Wants New Farm Bill in Place Before 2019 The president of the American Sugar Cane League is urging the Louisiana Congressional delegation to get behind the final version of the farm bill and ensure its passage before the…
Amid inclement weather, weaker sugar recovery and less than ideal field conditions, Louisiana’s sugar cane crop and its farmers are holding strong and may even break last year’s harvesting record. Specialists with the LSU Agricultural Center are predicting…
Excessive rainfall continues to hamper sugarcane harvesting in Acadiana.Here’s Caroline Marcello of KLFY-TV (Lafayette, La.) with her November 8, 2018 report. WATCH THE VIDEO
To the uninformed, Cora Texas Manufacturing Company near White Castle looks like most plants in Iberville Parish. Except for the line of sugar cane trucks during the 100-day period farmers and employees of Cora Tex call “the grind.” by Tommy Comeaux, Plaquemine…
(11/12/18) NEW IBERIA, La. — The 2018 Louisiana sugarcane crop has the potential to set a record if weather conditions are favorable. “We have a tremendously good crop out there,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. “We could beat the…
Sugarcane is a grass and will produce a flower. In Louisiana, the growing season is so short, the plant does not normally flower but 2018 is unusual. VIEW THE COMPLETE GALLERY The sugarcane pictured above is grown at the USDA ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La….