NEW IBERIA, La. – The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair Association announced today that New Iberia sugarcane farmer Daniel E. Gonsoulin will reign as King Sucrose LXXI over the 2012 Sugar Cane Festival Sept. 27-30. Gonsoulin, the head of a…
THIBODAUX, LA. – Local bankers are always competing for customers but one thing they agree on is that the sugarcane industry is good for business. "We look at each individual sugarcane farmer’s financial strengths when we make a loan, but having a…
Irwin takes public relations post for American Sugar Cane League Thibodaux, La. – American Sugar Cane League General Manager Jim Simon announced today that Sam Irwin has been hired to serve as the League’s public relations director. Irwin will head the organization’s…
The American Sugar Cane League is pleased to announce that James H. Simon has been hired as the General Manager of the League. He will assume his new duties on June 7, 2004. Simon’s family has been in the sugar business for several generations. His grandfather was a…
THE SUGAR BEAT September 12, 2022 Key Senators Urge USDA to Support Sugar Policy, U.S. Sugar Producers Praise Bipartisan Letter Key U.S. senators urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to “reject proposals that would weaken U.S. sugar…
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 by the congressional legislators from Hershey,…