President Donald Trump raised the ante for agriculture in social media last week when he tweeted, “New sugar deal negotiated with Mexico is a very good one for both Mexico and the U.S.” With one tweet, the president relayed the message to his millions of…
A lot has changed in southeastern Lafayette Parish since Eddie “Boss Man” Lewis Sr., 72, was a young man. Pinhook Road east of the Vermilion River was a two-lane highway all the way to Broussard. Sugarcane occupied the real estate populated by oil field support…
Thanksgiving heralded in the holiday season and most folks will be celebrating the traditional autumn rituals by expressing gratitude for their good fortune. Part of Louisiana’s fall tradition is the sugarcane harvest which is proceeding as it often does through…
After a truly spooky year, Americans plan on celebrating Halloween in a big way. Expected spending on candy is projected to hit $3 billion. This Halloween, don’t be tricked by candy corporations. They want to send U.S. sugar policy to the grave so they can buy…
Since Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, many members of the Farm Bureau family across the nation have called and/or emailed offering assistance. While assessments are being conducted and we don’t know the full extent of the damages in every area, we do know it is…
U.S. sugar policy, which operates under the Farm Bills overwhelmingly passed in 2008, 2014, and 2018, is based on the common-sense notion that supply and demand should be in balance. Sugar is the cheapest major commodity program because sugar farmers do not receive…
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…
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 New Iberia, the Jeanerette…
The American Sugar Cane League’s Variety Release Committee unanimously approved the release of two new varieties, Ho 12-615 and L 12-201, for commercial planting in the summer of 2019. The committee is composed of representative researchers from the United States…