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.
Commercially grown sugarcane in Louisiana is a large grass with a complex genetic background derived from four different species within the genus Saccharum. The stalks of sugarcane store sucrose, which has pleased the palate of humankind for countless generations. By…
(08/20/19) ALEXANDRIA, La. — The fields at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center have seen all sorts of crop trials over the years — but never any involving sugarcane. Story by LSU AgCenter Write Olivia McClure That’s…
"The growers got together then and decided they wanted to control their own fate and destiny, so they invested and built their own sugar mill," said St. Mary Sugar mill general manager David Thibodeaux. It just goes to show, when…
Gert Hawkins, a partner with her brother George Lacour in their sugarcane operation near Batchelor in Pointe Coupee Parish, was featured in this nice blog post by the Sugar Association. Here's the lede: It’s common to hear sugar farming referred…
The Louisiana Sugarcane Festival has a new King Sucrose. It's Al Landry Jr. of White Castle. The Daily Iberian reported the news in its July 30, 2019 edition. Here's the report: The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival has a new King…
The international sugar industry is meeting August 2-7, 2019 at the 36th International Sweetener Symposium in Asheville, North Carolina. Here's the Aug. 5 press release from the American Sugar Alliance, which represents Louisiana and the rest of the American sugar…
The American Sugar Cane League represents the Louisiana sugar industry on the local, national and international stage. Jim Simon has been the manager of the League since 2004. Jim filed this August 1, 2019 report at the annual sugarcane field…
JEANERETTE, La. — Sugarcane growers heard from several experts on growing the crop during LSU AgCenter field days in St. Martinville and Jeanerette recently (July 19 and 23). Atticus Finger, sugarcane breeder for the American Sugar Cane League, and Michael…
The 2019 LSU AgCenter Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion Parish Sugarcane Field Day was held July 23 at the LSU AgCenter Farm in Jeanerette. See the photos HERE.
The 2019 USDA-Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish Sugarcane Field always draws a good crowd from across the cane belt. After touring the USDA Sugarcane ResearchUnit in Houma, the group repaired to the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office Gun Range Facility for lunch and the presentation…
ST. GABRIEL — In a sense, two new sugar cane varieties announced at a public gathering this week were more than a century years in the making. The crossbred cane, developed at LSU's sugar research station in St. Gabriel and…
After escaping Hurricane Barry with minimal damage, the Louisiana sugarcane crop seems to be on track for another successful harvest. Barry, a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall July 13 near Vermilion Bay, delivered anywhere from 3 to 14 inches…