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…
Few people know both sugarcane and sugarbeets as well as Charley Richard (pronounced Ree-shard) of New Orleans, Louisiana, who works in both the beet and cane side of the American sugar industry. Roughly half of sugar grown in the United States comes from sugarbeets…
Delta Farm Press reports on the new USDA features on farms.gov website to help with guest workers. Jul 28, 2020 New features on USDA’s Farmers.gov website are designed to facilitate the employment of H-2A workers. “My mission from the beginning of…
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…
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…
Excessive rainfall continues to hamper sugarcane harvesting in Acadiana.Here’s Caroline Marcello of KLFY-TV (Lafayette, La.) with her November 8, 2018 report. WATCH THE VIDEO
To the uninformed, Cora Texas Manufacturing Company near White Castle looks like most plants in Iberville Parish. Except for the line of sugar cane trucks during the 100-day period farmers and employees of Cora Tex call “the grind.” by Tommy Comeaux, Plaquemine…
Denise Drake grew up one of 11 siblings in Baltimore. At nights, she’d gaze at the iconic Domino Sugar refinery that has long illuminated the city’s Inner Harbor. But, she never realized just how close her home was to the refinery until she came to work…
Traditionally, the harvesting of sugar cane has always been finished by Christmas, but several recent years have pushed the end of harvest well into January. This is one of those years, as experts from the American Sugar Cane League and Buckley “Buck” Kessler,…