Louisiana’s 11 raw sugar factories, its two sugar refineries and the American Sugar Cane League today joined hundreds of other agricultural interests in a broad coalition letter to Congressional members urging them to reject any farm bill amendments that could…
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Wilso Judice joins American Sugar Cane League staff
Agronomist Wilson E. Judice of Centerville, La. has joined the staff of the American Sugar Cane League. The addition of Judice brings the League agronomy staff to three. Supervised by senior agronomist Herman Waguespack Jr., he will monitor the primary and secondary…
Facts and myths about sugar
Sugarcane, a plant that makes sugar, has been around since 8,000 B.C., but humankind did not learn to make crystallized sugar until 500 B.C. When Alexander the Great had conquered much of Asia in 325 B.C., he learned of sugar and said it was “honey without…
La. Congressional Delegation: Guest workers critical to Louisiana sugarcane
Louisiana’s congressional delegation were successful in getting exemptions for H2B “returning workers” included in the recently passed $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018. “We’ve supported a returning…
Family fuels Louisiana’s sugar tradition
Michael Harper’sfamily has been farming in Cheneyville, a town of about 600, since right after the Civil War. He’s a sixth-generation grower at the northern tip of Louisiana’s sugar country, farming today with his father, uncle and cousin-in-law. In the 153 years…
League endows LSU AgCenter chair in sugar production
The American Sugar Cane League presented the LSU AgCenter with a check for an endowed chair in sugar production at the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists recently (Feb. 5-7). Pictured are Rogers Leonard, AgCenter associate vice…