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.
Pierre Baget Lanaux passed away on Monday, February 12 at the age of 93. He was the son of the late Louis A. and Hilda T. Lanaux.WATCH MR. PETE'S VIDEO He was predeceased by his wife Shirley Even Lanaux, who was the love of his life for over 60 years. He is also predeceased by his brother Denis Lanaux…
For Thibodaux resident Lester Gravois, sugar cane isn’t just a job but a passion.His father grew the crop, and he started farming right after high school. Now 95 years old, Gravois can often be found in the field."I do what I feel like doing, and usually going in the field is one of the things I like to do,”…
Just as the sugarcane harvest is set to end, Acadiana gets hit with a hard freeze However, farmers in St. Martin and Iberia Parish say because the freeze came late in the season, there is a good chance it wont do much damage. "With the current conditions we have, there is no splitting of the stalks so we have…
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, general manager for Cora Texas Manufacturing, Iberville Parish’s only sugar mill.By Tommy Commeaux. Read the story…
Although some sugar mills in the state will continue grinding into January, local mills have shut it down for the season.PHOTO: Mark LeBlanc of Baton Rouge and his daughter, Vianne, grind cane on an antique mill. LeBlanc is using the cane juice to make rum. Photo by Sam Irwin.Grinding began the last week of September at Raceland Raw Sugar…
Travis Medine has been farming sugarcane for 14 years in Port Allen, Louisiana, outside of Baton Rouge.PHOTO: Travis Medine directs a tractor driver during the 2015 planting season. Photo by ASCL-SamIrwin. Harvest time is always an adventure with Louisiana's wet weather and often muddy soil. Four inches of rain in a single event during the harvest period is not…
With grinding a few weeks underway, early indicators are that local sugar-cane farmers will have a good season.Herman Waguespack, senior agronomist for the Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League, said most growers he’s talked to have had a positive season so far. However, some still haven’t finished planting.Although recent storms dumped several inches of rain locally, Waguespack said the area…
Judging by the first 10 to 15 percent of sugar cane that has made its way to the sugar mills this season, things are looking good for the fall harvest.DAILY IBERIAN NEWS STORY BY DANNY FENSTERPhoto: Raw sugar loaded into a Bayou Teche barge from Cajun Sugar Mill (Sam Irwin-American Sugar Cane League)Mills began running in the Teche Area…
Sugarcane growers across the South stepped up to help their friends and neighbors after hurricanes Irma and Harvey. They delivered food, water, a truckload of sugar and even set up a phone-charging station as communities recovered without electricity and other basic needs in the days after the storms. On Sept. 13, in Florida, the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative and…
The 217-year-old Louisiana sugarcane industry continues to bring thousands of jobs and billion of dollars into the state. That's why the Teche Growers Association wants to preserve sugarcane's rich history. WATCH THE KLFY-TV NEWS STORY
For the past few weeks, sugarcane farmers in Louisiana planted hundreds of acres of land of sugarcane for the year. Harvest time is approaching quickly and many local farmers are working seven days a week to get their crops ready. WATCH THE KLFY-TV NEWS STORY
MONROE, La. (AP) - Matt Frey admits noticing a few double takes from passers-by in Concordia Parish near Blackhawk when they notice a stand of sugarcane in his field, the first that far north in generations."Yeah, we’ve gotten some looks,” said Frey, who farms about 4,000 acres with his brothers Mitch, Mark and Marty. "But it works.”The brothers farm…
