Seedcane Application for Ho 13-739
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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.
Sour Subsidies Underscore Need for U.S. Sugar Policy
For 2019-20, Louisiana sugarcane farmers produced approximately 40.45 percent of the total United States cane sugar production and 18.82 percent of total U.S. sugar production. We understand there's a need to import foreign sugar to supply the entire American sugar…
Sugar Policy Ensures Adequate Supplies in a Crisis
This week marks the 78-year anniversary of sugar rationing. During World War II, sugar was so critical, and in such short supply since the U.S. was heavily dependent on foreign suppliers, that it was the first item to be rationed…
From Sugar to Sweet Corn: Feeding Our Communities
From Sugar to Sweet Corn: Feeding Our Communities With their friends and neighbors facing job loss and uncertainty due to COVID-19, U.S. Sugar provided 1,000 crates of green beans as well as fresh Florida orange juice to churches, healthcare providers,…
America’s Sugar Growers are Still Farming
Over the past several months, the world has changed dramatically as we confront an unseen enemy. Despite physical distance and stay-at-home orders, Americans have found new community as together we face uncertainty about what tomorrow may bring. Even as this…
What Mardi Gras Holiday? Louisiana Cane Farmers Lobby Washington During Carnival
While Louisiana was celebrating Mardi Gras last week, a group of Bayou State sugarcane farmers and millers were trekking to Washington D.C. to educate government lawmakers about America’s no-cost sugar policy. A second wave of cane farmers are making the…
Survey: Americans get great deal on sugar; support sugar farmers
WASHINGTON – Sugar farmers from across the country are headed to Capitol Hill today to defend America’s no-cost sugar policy, armed with brand-new data finding consumers believe American-made sugar to be affordable. Although consumers in other developed countries pay about…
Jack Roney on U.S. Sugar Policy & Market
Jack Roney, an economist with the American Sugar Alliance, addressed the February 4, 2020 annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League on the subject of the U.S. Sugar policy and market prospects. Bottom Line? He's optimistic. A podcast of…
New Videos Highlight Sugar’s Strides on Sustainability
The American Sugar Alliance recently hit the road, traveling from farm to factory to see sustainable sugar production in action. Along the way, we met farmers who care passionately about being good stewards of the land and workers who utilize…
League Awards Transportation Grants to Local Museums
The American Sugar Cane League has awarded grants of $3500 each to four museums in south Louisiana with exhibits on the sugarcane industry to help defer transportation costs for school field trips. The museums are the Bayou Teche Museum in…
American Sugar Policy: It Works!
The American sugar industry that was born in Louisiana in 1795 continues to this day to be a major economic driver for the Bayou State as well as the other sugarcane and sugarbeet growing states. But a new bill sponsored…
Grower Profile: Al Landry Jr.
In the eyes of Alton (Al) Landry Jr., all the past kings of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival are in the pantheon of sugarcane industry leaders. “I’ve always looked up to the men who were the past kings of the…