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.
An agriculture expert says this year’s Louisiana sugarcane crop had great growing conditions although Hurricane Francine’s strong winds damaged some crops. An estimated two million tons of sugar is expected to be produced from this year’s crops. “Acreage increased again in 2024 and was reported at just over 536,000 acres by the USDA Farm Service Agency,” said LSU AgCenter…
Over the past two years, Congress has held numerous hearings that have documented a brewing financial crisis caused by falling commodity prices, high input costs, and tightening farm credit. Members have heard from farmers and ranchers across the country about the need for a new farm bill. Now, it’s time for Congress to act. Waiting would be a mistake…
As the sugarcane harvest season begins, sheriffs in several south Louisiana parishes are warning motorists to practice extra caution on the roads. Not only will there be an increase in machinery and cane hauling trucks on the roadway, but the forecast calls for foggy conditions for the next several days as well. See the WBRZ-TV story featuring Assumption Parish…
It will be weeks before the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry can make a full assessment of the damage Hurricane Francine inflicted upon Louisiana agriculture. However, American Sugar Cane League General Manager Jim Simon said he is confident the state’s sugarcane farmers will not see major losses due to the storm. By Avery J. Davidson,…
NEW ORLEANS - Landowners need to be very careful when approached by solar power developers and do their due diligence before signing on the dotted line, advised an energy expert attorney at the June 29 sugar commodity meeting at the 102nd Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau convention at the Marriott Hotel. Only about 25 percent of all the proposed solar…
A coalition of Louisiana’s largest agricultural groups representing more than 150,000 Louisiana residents today sent a letter to the state’s congressional delegation urging them to pass The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 now that it has advanced out of the House Agriculture Committee. Louisiana Farm Bureau, American Sugar Cane League, Louisiana Cotton and Grain Association, Louisiana…
Charles Maurice Gravois, Sr., age 95, of Vacherie, Louisiana passed away on October 25, 2023. He was born in Vacherie on June 23, 1928, to Ozane J., Sr. and Louise Brazan Gravois and was the youngest son in a family of 13 children. He was raised on Blackberry Farms, and in turn raised his family on the same farm…
Domingues Farms has come a long, long way from the days of “Brodie and Mitchell.” Reista Domingues used to hitch up mules so they could do the heavy lifting, er, heavy pulling, soon after his sugar cane farm was established in 1919. READ MORE FROM THE DAILY IBERIAN
U.S. sugar output in the new season starting in October will be less than previously projected due to a widespread drought in Louisiana, the No. 1 producing state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Tuesday. The USDA slashed its projection for Louisiana in 2023/24 by 18% to only 1.68 million short tons (ST). READ MORE
Sugar industry leader James H. “Jim” Simon of New Iberia has been chosen as the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival Association’s King Sucrose LXXX. The Sugar Cane Festival will be held in New Iberia Sept 21-24. Simon is the manager of the American Sugar Cane League. His family has been in the sugar business for several generations. His grandfather was…
Louisiana’s sugarcane producers were encouraged following the Louisiana Farm Bureau Sugar Conference at the 2023 Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Convention at the New Orleans Marriott. “Sugar is the top commodity of the year,” said Jeff Dobrydney to the farmers, mill operators and ag lenders who gathered in the Marriott’s Preservation Hall. “Prices are up 30% worldwide and look to…
Colin Campo of the Daily Comet interviewed two sugarcane farmers from the Lafourche-Terrebonne parish area to compare the 2021 crop ravaged by Hurricane Ida and what the 2022 looks like. Here's the beginning of his report. Sugar-cane farmers in Terrebonne and Lafourche are optimistic they will finish their ongoing harvest strong after last year put a hurting on their…
