(05/31/18) BATON ROUGE, La. — Through the joint efforts of the LSU AgCenter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Sugar Cane League, a new sugarcane variety called L 11-183 has been released for the 2018 planting season. AgCenter sugarcane breeder…
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Sugar cane industry still hopes for farm bill passage
Like sugar cane in the late fall, the fate of U.S. farmers facing the threat of increased sugar imports is blowing in the wind in Washington. The 2018 Farm Bill became a political football once again Friday when the House voted it down, 198-213. The defeat,…
Bain family donation to benefit sugarcane research
In an area considered the northernmost point in the world for growing sugarcane, the Bain family has been raising the sweet stuff for four generations. “We are doing the impossible here,” said Sterling Bain Jr., the oldest sibling in the Bain family….
Sugarcane Engineuity – A West Baton Rouge Museum Exhibit
The West Baton Rouge Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition entitled Rural Engineuity which will open on May 19th and run through August 5th, 2018. This exhibition highlights the innovations and people who transformed sugarcane farming and processing in the…
Sugar mill officials hear about lates AgCenter research results
Representatives from Louisiana sugarcane mills heard results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute during a factory operations seminar at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station on April 26. Each spring, researchers from the institute provide the…
Sugarcane farmers applaud Congress; Louisiana delegation
Louisiana’s Congressional delegation helped defeat a farm bill amendment that would have crippled the state’s sugarcane industry, said Charles Schudmak, president of the American Sugar Cane League. “The so-called Sugar Policy Modernization Act, also known in…