You've found Sugarcane in the News, the home of the official American Sugar Cane League press releases and other news stories about the sugar industry. In this section you will find links to the Sugar News, our email newsletter about the the people who have made sugarcane the Louisiana's number one crop for more than two centuries. You can sign up to receive the Sugar News in your mailbox here.

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.

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

2023 Louisiana Sugarcane Crop Summary

Some Louisiana farmers were still harvesting sugarcane the first week of January 2024. All harvesting activities wrapped up on January 9. The Louisiana Sugarcane Industry has now completed 229 years of commercial sugar production. Considering it’s the northernmost sugarcane growing region in the world, that’s...
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Railroad crossing safety

With the 2023 Louisiana sugarcane harvest in full swing, sugarcane producers should advise their drivers of proper railroad crossing safety. Railroad crossing safety is always an important matter and Union Pacific Railroad is saying "Call before you haul" and “Find the blue and white to...
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Plenty of sugar available for upcoming holidays

Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers and millers found it hard to take national political commentator George Will’s “Sugar protectionism may sour holidays” column seriously. Will recently published his “sour holidays” in the Washington Post, Baton Rouge Advocate and other major newspapers. In it, Will puts forth the...
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Burn Ban Includes Agricultural Burning

As these horrid drought conditions persist, the state has issued a total burn ban and suspended the law that allows for agricultural field burning. Prescribed burn protocols do not allow field burning under these conditions. In prior burn bans agricultural field burning using the prescribed...
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Louisiana Sugarcane Producer Urges Members of Congress to Support American Farmers and Workers for Food Security

Patrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane grower from Plaquemine, Louisiana testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit on Wednesday, April 26. Speaking on behalf of the American Sugar Alliance, Frischhertz called on lawmakers to maintain “an adequate economic safety net for...
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