The American Sugar Cane League gave a $2,500 grant to the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville to help defray the cost of a protective shed over the vintage 1965 “Julien” sugarcane planter exhibit at the museum. The planter was restored by the…
Sam Irwin
Key Senators Urge USDA to Support Sugar Policy
THE SUGAR BEAT September 12, 2022 Key Senators Urge USDA to Support Sugar Policy, U.S. Sugar Producers Praise Bipartisan Letter Key U.S. senators urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to “reject proposals that would weaken U.S. sugar…
Sugarcane Best Management Production Field Day Sept. 20
The Fall LSU AgCenter Best Management Practices in Sugarcane Production Field Day will be held Tuesday, September 20 at Dugas Farm, 5585 La. Hwy 1 in Napoleonville. Registration starts at 8 a.m. The field tours will include an overview of best management practices,…
SW Region sugarcane field days highlight new varieties, emerging technologies
(08/15/2022) ERATH, La. — Across Louisiana’s southern sugar belt, producers were given sneak peeks at new sugarcane varieties and developing crop management technologies at a series of sugarcane field days held throughout the LSU AgCenter’s Southwest region in late…
Best Management Practices in Sugarcane Production Field Day set for Sept. 20
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SUGARCANE PRODUCTION FIELD DAY September 20, 2022 Sugarcane Model Farm Dugas Farm Inc., Napoleonville, LA
The Future of Food: Farmers Are the Vanguard
I heard food futurist Jack Bobo speak at the 37th annual International Sugar Symposium in Vail, Colorado in early August. The definition of a food futurist is not someone who predicts the future of our food systems but one who can understand what the “preferred”…





