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You've found Sugarcane in the News, the home of the official American Sugar Cane League press releases and other news stories about the sugar industry. In this section you will find links to the Sugar News, our email newsletter about the the people who have made sugarcane the Louisiana's number one crop for more than two centuries. You can sign up to receive the Sugar News in your mailbox here.

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.

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

No cost sugar program benefits taxpayers, consumer, farmers

No cost sugar policy benefits taxpayers, consumers and farmersBy Judy Clayton SanchezCritics of American sugar policy are once again orchestrating a campaign against America’s sugar-cane and sugar-beet farmers. It boggles the mind that one of the few — if not only — government programs designed...

A years-long fight with Mexico over illegal dumping of cheap, subsidized sugar on the U.S. market is emerging as a major issue as the United States looks to tackle a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement."What I was hearing on Capitol Hill …...

Louisiana's sugarcane farmers are among the most efficient in the world so why do they need trade protection? Because the world sugar market is a dump market. Read this story from The Hill about the bold "zero for zero" trade policy proposal. The 'zero-for-zero' policy...

It was a sad day when Hawaii's sugarcane industry closed up shop last year. Why did Hawaii go out of business? For many reasons but low prices had a lot to do with it. Here is a video report on the United States sugarcane industry...

Louisiana's sugarcane industry is unique. It produces a top flight sugar harvest that is the envy of the world but if the the state's mills cannot get the guest workers it needs to make raw sugar from cane juice our 221-year-old industry may be in...

A fifth-generation Louisiana sugarcane farmer and the president of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association were among the speakers invited to address legislators, Administration officials, and reporters about the upcoming Farm Bill debate at the Farm Bill Summit in Washington D.C. The Farm Bill summit, organized...

Courtney Gaine believes in her product so much she eats M&Ms for breakfast. Gaine is the president and CEO of the Sugar Association, a trade association based in Washington, D.C. Peculiar diet aside, she nonetheless looks fit enough to step back on the basketball court...

While many were opening presents Christmas morning, sugar-cane farmer Ronnie Waguespack was in the field bright and early. Despite a few days of rain, this grinding season was relatively dry. That reflects on the sugar content, Waguespack said, as farmers sent less mud to the...

Sugar cane season is underway throughout the Teche area, and things seem to be going as well as possible so far for this year despite August’s floods, but uncertainty looms for future crops. "Harvest season is good. It’s been dry,” said Hugh Andre, who owns...

The relatively dry weather forecast this week was exactly what sugar-cane farmers needed.Story by Emma Discher, Daily Comet (Thibodaux)The planting season has been "very rough,” according to Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League Senior Agronomist Herman Waguespack, because of the unusually wet weather. Now the harvest...

Every farming generation has new advances and challengesFarming in the Teche Area is perhaps one of the most visible industries and the one with the most longevity. Generations of family growers have contributed to an industry that has thrived for more than 200 years in...

The agriculture industry is an ever-evolving entity. Through its existence few aspects have remained unchanged. In South Louisiana, the amount of roles involved in running a successful sugar cane farm or mill has increased. And the people who fill those roles, well, they look a...

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

No cost sugar program benefits taxpayers, consumer, farmers

Louisiana congressmen ask Trump to reinstate tariff on Mexican sugar imports

The ‘zero-for-zero’ policy on sugar could be a roadmap forward for the US on trade

Sugar Producers Seek Trade Protection After One State Ends Production

The issue with a visa cap

Louisiana sugarcane farmer addresses National Farm Bill Summit

Bittersweet: Is it sugar vs. the world?

Sugarcane grinding season coming to an end

Business is sweet

Rain delays sugar-cane planting as harvesting gets underway

Growing Families

Sugar and Spice: Women’s Evolving Role in Agriculture