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.
Update on the West Indian Canefly in Louisiana Sugarcane by Kenneth Gravois, Sugarcane Specialist (kgravois at agcenter dot lsu dot edu) The West Indian canefly is a sporadic pest of sugarcane in Louisiana that establishes after a mild winter, such as this past winter of 2015-16. The canefly is a piercing/sucking insect that feeds on plant sap…
(05/17/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The latest sugarcane variety to be released shows several positive characteristics, including good yields and cold tolerance, according to LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. The variety, HoCP 09-804, is the only release this year. It was bred and selected at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, Gravois said. The…
In the past several years, institutional investors and a handful of publicly traded real estate investment trusts have poured millions of dollars into farms in Louisiana and billions into agriculture properties nationwide. The big investment groups, like pension funds, started buying Louisiana farms a few years after the financial markets melted down, said Kyle McCann, an associate commodities director…
The LSU AgCenter and the American Sugar Cane League sponsored an informational seminar on sugar factory operations at the AgCenter Sugarcane Research Station in St. Gabriel on April 20. In addition to an overview of the 2015 sugarcane crop, a variety of other topics were discussed, said Audubon Sugar Institute department head Ben Legendre. Presentations included an evaluation of…
Regnal Wallace, former broadcaster and Information Director for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation passed away Wednesday at his home in Crowville after a brief illness. He was 81. Story by Carey Martin, Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Radio Network Wallace is considered the original "Voice of Louisiana Agriculture." He was the founding broadcaster of the Louisiana Agri-News Radio Network and…
Louisiana Radio Network Announces Inductees For 2016 Ag Hall of Distinction The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction will honor its 2016 inductees during a banquet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 at L'Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge. The 2016 inductees are: Willie Cooper of Pineville for his notable contributions to the agribusiness community. Cooper served 42 years…
Governor John Bel Edwards spoke at the 93rd annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League in early February. The meeting hall was standing room only during the governor’s speech. I’m sure the governor was a draw but the day’s wet weather also got some farmers out of the fields and into the conference room. All due respect to…
