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 congratulated Julia Letlow and Troy Carter on their election to the United States Congress. Letlow won the March 20 special election of Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District. Carter won the April 24 runoff for the 6th Congressional District. Letlow, who will serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, won the congressional seat her late husband…
Spring is the time when gardeners are busy preparing their rows and getting the soil ready for seed planting. It’s a rite of spring, a time for rebirth and new growth. Some of you nurtured tomato plants in a protected spot hoping to get a head start on your tomatoes. With a successful garden, you become the most popular…
Sugar executive Randy Romero of Abbeville was elected president of the American Sugar Cane League by the organization’s membership. He is the 51st president of the League, which was founded in 1922 by Louisiana’s sugar interests. He has been a League director since 2009. Also elected to the League’s leadership were Bryan Simon of Abbeville, vice president; David Thibodeaux…
From September 2020 through January 2021, folks in Louisiana’s sugarcane belt watched what seemed to be an endless parade of cane trucks hauling sugarcane to the mills. Ultimately, the trucks delivered 16.5 million tons of bulk cane to the state’s 11 sugar mills. That’s a big number, and while farmers are millers are very happy with the tonnage, it’s…
Jack Roney, who has served the American sugar industry for nearly 30 years, is set to retire from his position as the director of economics and policy analysis for the American Sugar Association (ASA). He has become a friend to the leadership of the American Sugar Cane League as well as the rank and file members. Sugarcane continues to…
There's a funny saying about Louisiana weather: if you don't like it, stick around, it'll change in an hour or two. You could be wearing Bermuda shorts Friday night at a football game and then bundle up in insulated camouflage for your Sunday morning duck hunt. by Jim Simon American Sugar Cane League Sugarcane harvesting weather is also very…
The American Sugar Cane League extended congratulations to the Louisiana congressional delegation as three members of its representation were elevated to leadership positions in Washington D.C. “The Louisiana sugarcane industry is very happy to know that Representative Cedric Richmond of New Orleans, Representative Steve Scalise of Metairie and Representative Mike Johnson of Shreveport will all have larger roles in…
Sugarcane farmers know they can’t predict the yield of next year’s crop based on the previous harvest. “Every crop year is different,” they say knowingly as they plant seedcane for the next cycle. Just as every crop is different, so is each United States Congress. By Jim Simon American Sugar Cane League When the dust clears from the election…
Sugarcane farmers know they can’t predict the yield of next year’s crop based on the previous harvest. “Every crop year is different,” they say knowingly as they plant seedcane for the next cycle. Just as every crop is different, so is each United States Congress. By Jim Simon American Sugar Cane League When the dust clears from the election…
Podcasts of the various talks by LSU AgCenter sugarcane researchers at the 2020 Virtual Sugarcane Field Day are now available in podcast form at LaCane.buzzsprout.com/ and other podcasting platforms. Because of pandemic restrictions, the LSU AgCenter hosted its sugarcane fields days online. The videos of the talks are also available at the LSU AgCenter Southwest YouTube channel.
Production farmers, sugarcane producers included, generally do their work in the fields and don’t necessarily come into contact with a lot of folks outside their agricultural sphere. By Jim Simon American Sugar Cane League They see their family, of course. They are on a speed-dial relationship with their banker, insurance agent, miller, crop consultant, and farm supply manager, but…
Sugarcane farmers and millers held their collective breath last month when a double whammy of hurricanes threatened Louisiana. By Jim Simon Manager, American Sugar Cane League Hurricane Marco was a bust, but Hurricane Laura hit Cameron Parish as a category 4 storm with 150 miles an hour wind. As hurricanes go, it was a compact-in-size but fast-moving tempest that…
