The 2019 LSU AgCenter Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion Parish Sugarcane Field Day was held July 23 at the LSU AgCenter Farm in Jeanerette. See the photos HERE.
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2019 USDA-Lafourche-Terrebonne Sugarcane Field Day Photographs
The 2019 USDA-Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish Sugarcane Field always draws a good crowd from across the cane belt. After touring the USDA Sugarcane ResearchUnit in Houma, the group repaired to the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office Gun Range Facility for lunch and the…
A sugar cane experiment in Louisiana, years in the making, released this month for farmers
ST. GABRIEL — In a sense, two new sugar cane varieties announced at a public gathering this week were more than a century years in the making. The crossbred cane, developed at LSU’s sugar research station in St. Gabriel and the U.S. Department of…
Louisiana sugarcane crop poised for good harvest despite Hurricane Barry
After escaping Hurricane Barry with minimal damage, the Louisiana sugarcane crop seems to be on track for another successful harvest. Barry, a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall July 13 near Vermilion Bay, delivered anywhere from 3 to 14 inches of rain across the…
Raceland Raw Sugar: Good Crop + Good Management + Extreme Sugar
Dan Duplantis Jr.’s job search pretty much ended the day he was born 51 years ago. It seems he was destined to work in the sugarcane industry and it’s no surprise he ended up being the general manager of Raceland Raw Sugar, the sugarcane mill in Lafourche Parish just…
The Lacours of Pointe Coupee
The Lacours of Pointe Coupee George and cour; Gertrude Lacour Hawkins Pointe Coupee grower George Lacour is essentially a first-generation sugarcane farmer. Yes, his family has been in farming for generations in Louisiana but George only began to grow sugarcane…