The LSU AgCenter has released its 2026 schedule of sugarcane summer field days along with the dates of conferences and other meetings. Field days are held in every area of the cane belt and give growers and other members of the industry the opportunity to learn about…
Nicholls State University, Office of Continuing Education offers two cane sugar institutes each year during the summer. They include the International Sugar Cane Refiners’ Institute, which began in 1978, and the International Raw Cane Sugar Manufacturers’ Institute,…
In Louisiana’s sugarcane fields right now, not everything is picture perfect. As the weather warms and the crop begins to green, some farmers are seeing something they don’t like; shoots that should be thriving instead dying back. Not across every field, not in every…
By the time this column reaches you, most of our growers will be back in the fields, watching that first green push through the soil. Pre-emergent spraying will be underway. Ruts will be worked. Equipment will be checked and rechecked. It will be all hands-on deck….
BATON ROUGE, La. — By: Kenneth Gautreaux, LSU AgCenter A forester, a former LSU AgCenter administrator with an entomological background and an advocate for Louisiana’s sugarcane industry were inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. The induction…
Louisiana sugarcane grower Chad Hanks recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to share firsthand with lawmakers the challenges farmers face today, from labor shortages to rising production costs. In this guest column, he explains why policies that support American…