NEW ORLEANS — The United States Department of Agriculture is expecting sugar beet production to be reduced about four percent and sugarcane about three percent from 2017-18 levels for the 2018-19 crop years, said LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto. Deliberto…
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Sugarcane looks to Senate after House passes farm bill
Louisiana’s sugarcane growers are pleased that the United States House of Representatives maintained current, no-cost sugar policy in the farm bill passed on Thursday, said Jim Simon of the American Sugar Cane League. “Having a strong safety net in place…
‘Rural Engineuity’: West Baton Rouge Museum exhibit shows how Louisianans change
Norbert Rillieux, Allen Ramsey Wurtele and Leonard Julien had two things in common. They all were from south Louisiana, and their inventions forever changed the sugar cane industry. The three men anchor the West Baton Rouge Museum’s new “Rural…
Sugar institute names new director
After a lengthy search, the LSU AgCenter has named Gillian Eggleston director of the Audubon Sugar Institute. The institute, located in St. Gabriel, is a research facility that also offers educational programs for the sugarcane industry. Eggleston will begin her new…
Sugarbeet Planting Season Sows Hope in Minn. and N.D.
With British ships blocking Caribbean trade routes, Napoleon Bonaparte found France facing a difficult problem. Sugar, which had become a staple of high-society diet, was in short supply. When French scientists gave Napoleon sugar made from beets, he directed farmers…
Face of Sugar Policy: An iconic sign in Baltimore
Denise Drake grew up one of 11 siblings in Baltimore. At nights, she’d gaze at the iconic Domino Sugar refinery that has long illuminated the city’s Inner Harbor. But, she never realized just how close her home was to the refinery until she came to work…