Photo Gallery: 2021 Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion Sugarcane Field Day
Images from the 2021 LSU AgCenter Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion Sugarcane Field Day.
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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.
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Louisiana, let’s beat litter!
Illegal dumping is a problem in rural Louisiana and farmers are the ones who clean up the mess. Morgan Leleux, the Teche Growers Association, Progressive Tractor and New Iberia mayor Freddie DeCourt want to beat litter! Help them out! Pick…
Raising Cane In Louisiana
Louisiana has been growing sugarcane and producing sugar for more than 200 years. Here's how we do it.
2021 Sugarcane Variety Update – Dr. Michael Pontif, LSU AgCenter
LSU AgCenter sugarcane breeder Dr. Michael Pontif talks about the newly-released commercial sugarcane varieties that are available to the Louisiana sugarcane industry.
2021 LSU AgCenter Lafourche-Terrebonne Sugarcane Field Day
Here's a photo gallery from the 2021 LSU AgCenter Lafourche-Terrebonne Sugarcane Field Day.
2021 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day – St. Gabriel Photo Gallery
Photos from the 2021 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day.
2021 Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day Photo Gallery
Here is the photo gallery from the 51st Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day, July 13, 2021. Photos by Sam Irwin.
Sugarcane: Louisiana’s top crop!
Louisiana sugarcane's fall advertising campaign is taking shape. Here's the "long form" video that will be featured on social media in 2021.
LFBF Jim Harper: Cane research makes La. sweeter
In 2020, Louisiana sugarcane growers produced more than two million tons of sugar, a new record for any year, but especially amazing during a pandemic. In April of this year, the LSU AgCenter released two new sugarcane varieties, 885 and…
Sugarcane: Louisiana’s Top Crop
With a $3 billion economic impact on the state, you can make a pretty good argument sugarcane is Louisiana's #1 crop!
From the Cane Field to the Table with Farmer Joe and Marie
Farmer Joe and Marie explain how sugarcane is made into sugar!
How Seasonal Sucrose Losses Varied Across Clarification in 3 Louisiana Sugarcane Factories in 2019
Chemical engineer Maria del Carmen Perez discusses "How Seasonal Sucrose Losses Varied Across Clarification in Three Louisiana Sugarcane Factories in 2019" at the 2021 virtual winter meeting of the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists