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.
Advocate Westside reporter Youssef Rddad filed this story on how the mid-November freezing temperatures might affect the Louisiana sugarcane harvest. Pointe Coupee farmer Ricky Rivet said his tonnage will be down but not necessarily because of the freeze. Rivet said…
Temperatures dipped below freezing November 12-13 and it could have an effect on the sugarcane harvest which won't be completed until the end of December and most likely run over into January. Here's a report from This Week In Louisiana…
This Week In Louisiana Agriculture reporter Neil Melancon traveled to Gramercy, La. and filed this report on the Louisiana Sugar Refining operation.
This Week In Louisiana Agriculture reporter Neil Melancon filed this story on the 2019 sugarcane harvest from the Louisiana Sugarcane Cooperative (LASUCA) in St. Martinville. This Week In Louisiana Agriculture airs weekly across the state and nationally on the RFD-TV…
KADN-TV reporter Philip Boudreaux filed this video report on Tropical Storm Olga and its effect on the Louisiana sugarcane harvest. Here's how he begins: Tropical Storm Olga comes at the peak of the sugar cane harvest so it brings challenges…
Karl Wiggers, a reporter with This Week In Louisiana Agriculture, made it out to the sugarcane fields after an all-day rain and made this great Instagram video of the muddy conditions. Louisiana sugarcane farmers will harvest in any kind of…
This Week In Louisiana Agriculture visited with sugarcane farmer Bobby Morris in West Baton Rouge and got his take on the first three weeks of the harvest.
Neil Melancon of This Week in Louisiana Agriculture filed this great video story on the start of the sugarcane harvest in south Louisiana.
Louisiana's sugarcane industry has a $3 billion impact on the state's economy. The cane stalk is ground and squeezed forcing the plant to give up its juice to make sugar. Bagasse, the fibrous leftover of the plant, is burned to…
Sugarcane is one of Louisiana’s top money makers and ensures a way of life for farmers across the state. Now, after a slow start to the year, sugarcane farmers anxiously await harvest. "This crop started out, it was really slow,…
The American Sugar Cane League has been honored by the Louisiana Assocaition of Business and Industry (LABI) as the Economic Development Partner of the Year. The award recognizes exceptional leadership by an economic development or business organization. League president Greg…
(08/20/19) ALEXANDRIA, La. — The fields at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center have seen all sorts of crop trials over the years — but never any involving sugarcane. Story by LSU AgCenter Write Olivia McClure That’s…