There's also a link to The Sugar Bulletin, the League's monthly magazine, and its advertising rates and subscrption information. The Sugar Bulletin has been published since 1922 and you can research the sugar industry archives by clicking here or in the drop list to the left. The American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists archives are also available.
The American Sugar Cane League has hired Cheryl Michelet who will be the next public relations director in the organization. She will work closely with Sam Irwin who recently announced his retirement from the League in February of 2025 after…
The American Sugar Cane League has been providing research, governmental and public relations guidance for the Louisiana sugar industry for 102 years. Our partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University has produced positive results. Over…
Louisiana is a leading American producer of sugarcane. Sugarcane is a tropical plant that typically has a growing season of 12 months or longer, but our enterprising sugarcane growers and millers have learned how to grow a top crop in…
Louisiana’s sugar farmers and millers have been producing a reliable source of America’s favorite ingredient for centuries but so have our foreign competitors. Our producers thrive in the face of adversity. We grow a profitable crop in nine months while…
Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses sugarcane ripener response in the 2023 drought year at the Louisiana division meeting of the American Association of Sugar Cane Technologists in February 2024 in Baton Rouge.
Dr. Gillian Eggleston of the Audubon Sugar Insitute-LSU AgCenter discusses issues with starch in the sugarcane milling process at the Baton Rouge joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the Louisiana division of the American Association of Sugar…
Dr. Patrick Ellsworth of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. presents research on the functions of the sugarcane root system at the Baton Rouge joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the Louisiana branch of the…
Despite 2023’s drought, Louisiana’s landowners, sugarcane producers and millers continue to have confidence in sugarcane in 2024. Kenneth Gravois, the LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, is not surprised. “There are two factors for the continued increase in sugarcane production: increased acreage…
Elizabeth Mendonca, general manager of the American Sugar Refining in Chalmette, La. discusses raw sugar quality effects on refinery operations at the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists meeting in Baton Rouge, February 6, 2024.
Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez and Angela Alarcon-Rodriguez of the Audubon Sugar Institute present an update on the NIR implementation into the Louisiana sugarcane payment system at the Louisiana branch meeting of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists in February 2024 in Baton…
Post-doctoral research scholar Keo Corak of USDA-ARS Genomics & Bioinformatics Research Unit discusses predictive sugarcane breeding at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists in Baton Rouge in February 2024.
Dr. Rich Johnson of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. discusses fertilizer and other soil recommendations at the January 2024 LSU AgCenter sugarcane growers meeting in Napoleonville.
