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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.

Retired League Agronomist Windell Jackson Memorialized

Windell Jackson, a retired agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL), has died. Windell retired in 2014 as the senior agronomist with the ASCL after 41 years of service. He was first mentioned in the Sugar Bulletin on May 15, 1973 as an assistant agronomist under Lloyd Lauden, agronomist and field representative, and agronomist Howard J. Robichaux. He…

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National sugar leaders to speak at League meeting

Two nationally recognized sugar leaders will be the featured speakers at the annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League on February 4 at L'Auberge Hotel and Casino in Baton Rouge. Courtney Gaine, president of the Sugar Association and economist Jack Roney of the American Sugar Alliance will speak on issues affecting the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Dr. Gaine is…

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Weather is weather

Folks who are prone to quoting old adages like "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,” often incorrectly attribute the famous saying to Mark Twain, but it was Twain’s contemporary, writer Charles Dudley Warner, who coined the phrase. Twain, a gifted speaker, quoted the saying in a speech and got the credit for an interesting…

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Sugar beet firm donates to Louisiana flood relief

The American Crystal Sugar Company donated $5,000 to the Kiwanis Club of New Iberia Foundation to benefit Louisiana flood recovery efforts, said Jim Simon, manager of the Louisiana-based American Sugar Cane League. American Crystal, located in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota, is the largest sugar beet processor in the country. It is a grower-owned co-operative…

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Revamped sugarcane crop insurance available; purchase deadline is Sept. 30

Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers have until September 30 to make crop insurance purchasing decisions for the 2017 crop under a new insurance program that allows for better disaster and other crop loss coverage than previously available for sugarcane. Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League, said the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation and the League worked with the United…

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