The American Sugar Cane League membership voted to add H. K. “Kemper” Bubenzer of Bunkie, La. to the organization’s board of directors. Bubenzer was elected to the board at the League’s annual meeting in February. Michael Melancon of Breaux…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) agreed today by a 6 to 0 vote that Mexico’s sugar industry harmed American producers by dumping subsidized sugar onto the U.S. market. The verdict means that an accord signed by the U.S. and Mexican…
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) today ruled that Mexico’s sugar industry unfairly dumped subsidized sugar onto the U.S. market. Mexico’s sugar industry was found to be dumping at margins of 40.48 percent to 42.14 percent and subsidized…
Jim Simon of the American Sugar Cane League said that preservation of the 2014 Farm Bill as passed by Congress is critical to maintain agriculture’s standing in the United States’ economy. “It’s important to keep the safety net for the sugar program that rarely…
Agronomist Atticus Finger of Labaideville has been hired by the American Sugar Cane League to manage seed cane increase stations in the Bayou Teche region and northern parishes of Louisiana’s sugarcane belt. Finger will also assist in all League crop research…
The Louisiana sugar industry is following the trade negotiations in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership accord with a keen eye, said Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League. “It’s important that the trade agreement doesn’t trade away the ability…
Breaux Bridge sugarcane producer Michael G. Melancon was elected the president of the American Sugar Cane League at the group’s annual meeting February 3 at the Lafayette Hilton. Melancon has served on the League’s board of directors for 16 years and has now held…
American Sugar Cane League (ASCL) Manager Jim Simon said U.S. and Mexican government officials yesterday initialed an accord to suspend the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of sugar from Mexico. Simon was optimistic about the settlement….
How is sugarcane, Louisiana’s number one row crop, turned into the sugar that’s in your sugar bowl? The answer is explained in “From Louisiana’s Sugar Belt to Your Table,” a new, full color, 16-page educational brochure designed for students of all ages. The…