Media News Report Archives - American Sugar Cane League

Louisiana sugar cane crops to produce 2-million tons of sugar

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...

AgriPulse: Opinion: The growing importance of a 2024 farm bill

October 3, 2024
Cheryl Michelet
American Sugar Alliance Press Release, Media News Report, Sugar News

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...

As Sugarcane harvest begins, motorists warned about foggy roads and heavy machinery

September 24, 2024
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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...

Sugarcane crop expected to rebound after Hurricane Francine

September 12, 2024
Sam Irwin
Media News Report, TWILA

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...

Solar Power, Farm Bill, Sugar Program Affects Louisiana Sugarcane

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...

Louisiana farm groups support passage of Farm Bill

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...

In Memorian Charles Maurice Gravois, Sr.

October 30, 2023
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

Charles Gravois Sr. Family 2016 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...

Sugarcane Farming: From Mules to Drones

September 13, 2023
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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...

U.S. Sugar Production View Cut Due to Drought in Louisiana

September 13, 2023
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

A front-end loader moving raw sugar in the sugar warehouse at Alma Plantation in Lakeland, Louisiana. 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...

League manager Simon chosen as King Sucrose of 2023 Sugar Cane Festival

August 24, 2023
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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....

Sugarcane Outlook ‘Sweet’ for Louisiana Farmers

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...

A year after Hurricane Ida, this year’s sugar-cane harvest is looking sweet in Terrebonne, Lafourche

October 21, 2022
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

A cane field in 2021 reflecting the destructive power of Hurricane Ida contrasted with the lushness of the 2022 cane crop. (photos by Wallace Ellender) Colin Campo of the Daily Comet interviewed two sugarcane farmers from the Lafourche-Terrebonne parish area to compare the 2021 crop...

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