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TWILA – Gearing Up To Gear Down

Neil Melancon of This Week In Louisiana Agriculture filed this story about what it takes to get a sugarcane mill up and running for the fall grinding season. Gear Down To Gear Up TweetFacebook

Farm and Ranch – April 2020

April 14, 2020
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

Louisiana Farm and Racnh, April 2020 The Louisiana Farm and Ranch magazine April 2020 edition is available in .pdf form here.

The Advocate: Sugar cane farmers, relying on temporary workers as planting nears, watch for coronavirus

Growing cane at the Ramagos farm - photo by Sally Ramagos Ellyn Couvillion of The Advocate reports on the labor challenge posed by the novel coronavirus to Louisiana's sugarcane producers. The four people from Mexico who have worked seasonally for many years at the Ramagos...

Local distillery switches from rum to alcohol that can be used for hand sanitizer

Raw sugar at Alma Plantation, La. Baton Rouge Business Report filed this story about a local distillery using Louisiana sugarcane to produce alcohol for hand sanitizer use during the COVID-19 outbreak. Three Roll Estate, the local distillery that specializes in rum made from sugar cane...

TWILA – Thailand’s Sweet Spot

February 8, 2020
Sam Irwin
Media News Report, TWILA, Video

Avery Davidson of This Week in Louisiana Agriculture filed this story on the LSU Ag Leadership class's visit to Thailand. Here's the lede to the video story: In 2019, the Thai sugar industry produced 14 million metric tons of refined sugar -- that's almost equal...

The Advocate: Sugar economist says industry in a sweet spot

February 6, 2020
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

Jack Roney The Advocate business writer Timothy Boone covered the American Sugar Cane League's annual meeting and heard economist Jack Roney speak on United States sugar policy and prospects for the sugar market. Here's Boone's opening: An economist with a sugar group said stable prices,...

Weather depresses sugarcane harvest; farmers say ‘not catastrophic

November 26, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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 he expects a drop in...

Freezing Temperatures and Sugarcane

November 18, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report, TWILA

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 Agriculture. First Freeze On Sugarcane

A Refined Tradition – This Week In Louisiana Agriculture

November 18, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report, TWILA

This Week In Louisiana Agriculture reporter Neil Melancon traveled to Gramercy, La. and filed this report on the Louisiana Sugar Refining operation. A Refined Tradition You can follow Neil and the rest of the TWILA reporters on your local broadcast TV station. See the available...

Sweet Molasses! from This Week In Louisiana Agriculture

November 11, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report, TWILA

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 network. Find your local broadcast...

Tropical Storm Olga Came and Went; Left Mud

October 28, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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 for farmers. “I think our...

Messy Sugarcane Fields

October 28, 2019
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

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 weather. Messy Sugarcane Fields, October...

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