Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers are once again assessing the impact of extreme winter weather on their fields. The most recent freeze, which brought frigid temperatures but no snowfall, raised concerns about potential damage to the 2025 crop. Unlike the historic snowstorm in early January, which provided...
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Celebrating Real Sugar Day with locals who make life a little sweeter
As the birthplace of the American sugarcane industry, Real Sugar Day has a special meaning to those of us who are fortunate to call Louisiana home. Again this year, the League partnered with The Sugar Association to highlight the role that sugar plays in a...
League, American Sugar Alliance Congratulate Speaker Mike Johnson
The American Sugar Cane League, along with the American Sugar Alliance, congratulates Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) on his election as Speaker of the House - and as the first Speaker from Louisiana. As Speaker of the House, Speaker Johnson has the critical task of shepherding...
Spray Drones: Lessons Learned in 2022
Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses the lessons learned in 2022 with spray drones in agricultural applications at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge in February 2023. Spray Drones:...
LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station creates Facebook page
Dr. Jeff Hoy, resident manager of the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station said the AgCenter has created a Facebook page specifically for the research farm's sugarcane work. The url for the page is www.facebook.com/LSUAgCenterSugarResearchStation/.
Sugarcane Disease Update with Dr. Jeff Hoy
Savoie Industries creates endowment for sugar research internship
(03/13/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Savoie Industries LLC has created an endowment to support an LSU College of Agriculture intern at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station. Mike Daigle, CEO of Savoie Industries, said his family wanted to support the future of the sugar industry...
New sugarcane variety featured at 2018 AgCenter Field Day
A new sugarcane variety that will be available for Louisiana farmers to plant this year was highlighted at the 36th annual sugarcane field day at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station on July 18. The variety L 11-183 was released in 2018 by the LSU...
American sugar industry speaks with one voice
American sugar industry speaks with one voiceBy Jim Simon American sugar production, although not as large as other commodities like corn and wheat, is a sizable industry as sugarcane and sugar beet growers can produce more than eight million tons of sugar annually. In 2016,...
DOC Announces Action to Stop Mexican Dumping of Subsidized Sugar with Duties, Unless Deal Reached
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) yesterday announced that it would end the anti-dumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements in place with Mexico and impose duties on Mexican sugar beginning June 5, unless the two countries can reach an accord before then to stop Mexico's...
2016 sugarcane crop shows promise of good yield
This year’s sugar-cane crop looks better than average despite an unusually wet fall and spring. The wet weather has affected many other crops, but the sugar-cane crop should be strong after a mild winter and warm spring, local farmers said.Last year’s crop proved to be...
