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.
Rodney Simoneaux of Assumption Parish is surveying a wet field on the north side of Highway 38. Even though it’s late November, he’s hoping it will dry up enough to plant sugarcane. The tract was filled with spoil from a summer Bayou Lafourche dredging project. It’s part of the plan to send more water down the bayou for coastal…
A conversation with St. John the Baptist Parish sugarcane farmer Pierre “Pete” Lanaux slips easily between the past and the present. At 88 years old, Mr. Pete may be the state’s eldest farmer. Certainly, his farming career, which spans 68 years, is older than the average age (55) of the American farmer. By Sam Irwin The octogenarian remembers when…
Sugar cane season is underway throughout the Teche area, and things seem to be going as well as possible so far for this year despite August’s floods, but uncertainty looms for future crops. "Harvest season is good. It’s been dry,” said Hugh Andre, who owns HMC Farms with his brothers, Mike and Chris, both of New Iberia."Planting was tough…
How did the Louisiana sugarcane crop fare after the August flood of 2016? Not bad at all. This Week in Louisiana Agriculture's A.J. Sabine reports from Youngsville.
The American Sugar Cane League, in conjunction with Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar and Louisiana Sugar Refining, worked together to donate 12,000 pounds of sugar to the flood-stricken Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, said Jim Simon, manager of the League. "We learned that the food bank lost a lot of its stores during the August flood so Louisiana’s sugar producing…
The relatively dry weather forecast this week was exactly what sugar-cane farmers needed.Story by Emma Discher, Daily Comet (Thibodaux)The planting season has been "very rough,” according to Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League Senior Agronomist Herman Waguespack, because of the unusually wet weather. Now the harvest season is beginning. Farms have multiple years of crop growing at once, but most…
Every farming generation has new advances and challengesFarming in the Teche Area is perhaps one of the most visible industries and the one with the most longevity. Generations of family growers have contributed to an industry that has thrived for more than 200 years in Louisiana.Anthony "Joe” Judice can trace his family back to Louis Judice Jr. who bought…
The agriculture industry is an ever-evolving entity. Through its existence few aspects have remained unchanged. In South Louisiana, the amount of roles involved in running a successful sugar cane farm or mill has increased. And the people who fill those roles, well, they look a little different now days. The vast changes in regulations and the advancements in technology…
The American Crystal Sugar Company donated $5,000 to the Kiwanis Club of New Iberia Foundation to benefit Louisiana flood recovery efforts, said Jim Simon, manager of the Louisiana-based American Sugar Cane League. American Crystal, located in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota, is the largest sugar beet processor in the country. It is a grower-owned co-operative…
Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers have until September 30 to make crop insurance purchasing decisions for the 2017 crop under a new insurance program that allows for better disaster and other crop loss coverage than previously available for sugarcane. Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League, said the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation and the League worked with the United…
(08/25/16) ST. GABRIEL, La. – LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois believes it will be some time before the full extent of the damage from recent flooding to the state’s sugarcane crop is known. If favorable weather occurs, damages may be minimized, especially on newly planted cane. "All we can do right now is be patient and see how…
The release of the American Heart Association’s Scientific Statement on added sugars and kids is baffling. In a year where both the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (ages 2 years and up) and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final labeling rule (ages 4 years and up) issued a 10% target for added sugars in an effort to provide…
