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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.

‘Wait and see’ approach to sugarcane freeze damage

More than 60 hours of subfreezing temperatures, including lows in the mid- to lower teens in the northern region of the Louisiana sugarcane belt, has many growers concerned about the effects it will have on next year’s crop. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois has...

January 28, 2021
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter Media News Report, Media News Report

The Louisiana Sugarcane Cooperative sugar mill near St. Martinville in operation Wednesday, Jan. 27, within the last few days of grinding. The 2020-21 Louisiana sugarcane crop is almost complete after four months of grinding, and it appears the crop will set a record. “We’re going...

LSU AgCenter sugarcane breeder Collins Kimbeng, left, and sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois, right, hold a tray of sugarcane seedlings at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel on April 12, 2019. In parishes across south Louisiana, fall signals the start of “grinding season” —...

Water stands in a field of New Iberia farmer Ricky Gonsoulin’s sugarcane, which suffered wind damage from Hurricane Laura. (09/03/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — One week after Hurricane Laura came ashore, Louisiana’s sugarcane crop is still showing some signs of the storm, but the damage...

Wagons used for harvesting sugarcane sit on high ground surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Laura near New Iberia, Louisiana. Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter 08/28/20) SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA —Although definitive results won’t be available for a few days, the effects on agriculture appear to be less...

July 15, 2020
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Media News Report, Video

Jim Simon of the American Sugar Cane League provides an update on issues related to the Louisiana sugar industry for the 2020 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Virtual Field Day. Additional information associated with the field day can be found at www.lsuagcenter.com/sugarcanefieldday. Jim Simon of the American...

July 15, 2020
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Media News Report, Video

The threat of the Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way sugarcane researchers conduct the annual informational field days. The presentations the researchers present on the field tours have been moved to the Internet and you can watch the results of their work online at your...

A plot of experimental sugarcane varieties at the LSU AgCenter sugarcane research farm in St. Gabriel, La. (Sam Irwin photo) The LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist said farmers are pleased with the progress of the current crop. By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter Kenneth Gravois said farmers...

January 22, 2020
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Media News Report

A harvester cuts sugarcane in a Vermilion Parish field. The amount of cane was down in 2019, but sugar recovery increased slightly. Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, said the muddy 2018 harvest affected the recent sugarcane crop with...

September 18, 2019
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Media News Report

Dr. Jeff Hoy, LSU AgCenter (09/11/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU AgCenter has appointed Jeff Hoy as the new resident coordinator at its Sugar Research Station at St. Gabriel. Hoy, who is a plant pathologist, has been employed by the AgCenter for the past...

September 18, 2019
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter, LSU AgCenter Media News Report

The Gay family and the Edward J. Gay Planting & Manufacturing Co., L.L.C. are endowing a second professorship and creating an internship to aid research in sugarcane variety development with the LSU AgCenter. Pictured in front of a sugarcane breeding greenhouse at the AgCenter Sugar...

August 29, 2019
Sam Irwin
LSU AgCenter Media News Report, Sugarcane diseases

The cane on the right is normal. The cane on the left is stunted by RSD. Sugarcane planting is underway in the industry and a struggle as usual. If there should be a window between planting and harvest (or during early harvest), it would be...

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

‘Wait and see’ approach to sugarcane freeze damage

Farmers wrap up record sugarcane season

Success of La. sugarcane industry depends on cane varieties

Louisiana sugarcane crop escapes extensive damage

Agriculture, forests, residences take hit from Hurricane Laura

Jim Simon at the Virtual LSU AgCenter Field Day 2020

Sugarcane Virtual Field Day 2020

2020 Sugarcane Crop Off To A Good Start

Prior harvest affected 2019 sugarcane crop

Jeff Hoy named resident coordinator of sugar station

Gay family continues support for sugarcane research

RSD Testing in Sugarcane