America’s farmers have an opportunity to be “a real hero in our ability to address climate change” through improvements in productivity and climate-smart practices, but a successful climate program “has to work for agriculture.” That was the message shared by Robert…
The United States wants to be a leader in clean energy and energy providers are looking at alternate ways to deliver power to their customers. Instead of drilling in the ground searching for oil, the energy industry is taking a hard look at the surface of the earth…
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Few people know both sugarcane and sugarbeets as well as Charley Richard (pronounced Ree-shard) of New Orleans, Louisiana, who works in both the beet and cane side of the American sugar industry. Roughly half of sugar grown in the United States comes from sugarbeets…
As July rolls around, Louisiana’s sugarcane “grand growth stage” is well underway. In tropical regions, the grand growth stage can last for five to eight months, but Louisiana’s sugar producers don’t have the luxury of a long growing season. We must produce our…
As Louisiana’s sugarcane acreage expands, farmers and scientists are learning more about how the crop performs outside of its traditional growing area. They’re particularly interested in finding varieties that do well under the unique environmental conditions of the…