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.
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.
Louisiana sugarcane's fall advertising campaign is taking shape. Here's the "long form" video that will be featured on social media in 2021.
Right now, the next generation of Louisiana sugarcane producers is getting their start as farmers, milling professionals, and researchers. It’s the circle of life in the sugarcane world. One of these young producers is 24-year-old Lee Hymel of Vacherie, a…
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…
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/.
There was great concern among Louisiana sugarcane farmers that the record cold temperatures at Mardi Gras would cause significant damage. It doesn’t appear the crop suffered any long-term effect from the freeze, but a cool, wet March and April has…
The American Sugar Cane League congratulated Julia Letlow and Troy Carter on their election to the United States Congress. Letlow won the March 20 special election of Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District. Carter won the April 24 runoff for the 6th…
Seedling planting 2021 American Sugar Cane League agronomists team up with variety breeding researchers at the USDA and LSU AgCenter sugarcane farms to place parent plants in special greenhouses to flower for pollination and seed production. Those seeds are planted…
Sugar has been incorporated in the diet of humans throughout all of time whether from fruits and vegetables or in the extracted and crystallized form you find in your pantry.
In south Louisiana, the sugarcane grows high, and the heritage of the sugarcane industry runs deep. For nearly 130 years, generations of Louisiana sugar workers have refined raw sugar at the Louisiana Sugar Refining (LSR) refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana. The…
Here's an entertaining video from the Sugar Association that tells us where our sugar comes from...hint-sugar comes from a plant...
Spring is the time when gardeners are busy preparing their rows and getting the soil ready for seed planting. It’s a rite of spring, a time for rebirth and new growth. Some of you nurtured tomato plants in a protected…