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.
Agronomist Atticus Finger of Labaideville has been hired by the American Sugar Cane League to manage seed cane increase stations in the Bayou Teche region and northern parishes of Louisiana's sugarcane belt. Finger will also assist in all League crop research activities throughout the region, including new variety outfield testing, cultural practices, pathology testing, billet planting and whole stalk…
Ronnie Gonsoulin: Insuring Sugarcane’s Future South Louisiana land is good for many things, but it’s especially good for growing sugarcane…and it’s good for Iberia Parish farmer Ronnie Gonsoulin. Gonsoulin and his cane farming brethren can grow sugarcane in just about any soil type in the Bayou State. "I have all (soil) types.” Ronnie said. "I have the black stuff…
Lafourche Sugars Changing with the Times Lafourche Sugars, the sugarcane mill in Thibodaux, represents the changing nature of Louisiana’s 224-year old sugarcane industry. Many folks in the industry are the latest in a long line of sugarcane growers and millers, but modern agriculture, however, is driven by advances in science and technology. Sugarcane finds it must compete with newer…
The Louisiana sugar industry is following the trade negotiations in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership accord with a keen eye, said Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League. "It’s important that the trade agreement doesn’t trade away the ability of our 220-year-old industry to compete,” Simon said. "But it’s not just about Louisiana. It's also about the effect…
Grower Profile Charles Guidry: A Change is Gonna Come Sugarcane farmer Charles Guidry of Erath, Louisiana knew that if he was going to get ahead, things would have to change. But as the old Serenity Prayer goes, one has to have the courage to change the things one can. Guidry’s parents, Clarence Sr. and Maudry Lewis Guidry, had that…
Breaux Bridge sugarcane producer Michael G. Melancon was elected the president of the American Sugar Cane League at the group’s annual meeting February 3 at the Lafayette Hilton. Melancon has served on the League’s board of directors for 16 years and has now held every elective office of the organization. Melancon, the 48th League president, succeeds Mike Daigle of…
Dr. Kohl's slide presentation, Straight Talk, Straight Actions: Managing Your Farm Through a Changing Economy, is available here. VIEW THE SLIDE SHOW
Many Louisiana sugarcane farmers say their farming operation is just a little ol’ family-owned farm, but the Mitchel J. Ourso family of Iberville Parish takes it to an extreme. There are no less than seven families involved in the operation of Ourso Farms. There's Mitchel and his wife, Amy. Their 29-year-old son, Robert, part of the next Ourso farming…
Ted Broussard: A Farmer's Farmer To suggest that St. Mary Parish sugarcane farmer Ted Broussard enjoys farm management is an understatement. He is, in fact, driven by a deep desire to continually test his knowledge, his skills and his equipment to be the best possible farmer he can be. His journey to the cane field is a bit different…
American Sugar Cane League (ASCL) Manager Jim Simon said U.S. and Mexican government officials yesterday initialed an accord to suspend the ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of sugar from Mexico. Simon was optimistic about the settlement. "I’m hopeful that a final agreement will be reached and the domestic sugar market is stabilized fairly,” Simon said. "The Louisiana industry…
"Cane Families Care” sign campaign underway "Cane Families Care" is the theme of a new sugarcane industry initiative aimed at promoting driver safety within the agricultural sector and the motoring public, said Frankie Sotile, a sugarcane farmer from Ascension Parish. Sotile, chairman of the American Sugar Cane League’s (ASCL) public relations committee, said the ASCL designed two 18” x…
How is sugarcane, Louisiana’s number one row crop, turned into the sugar that’s in your sugar bowl? The answer is explained in "From Louisiana’s Sugar Belt to Your Table,” a new, full color, 16-page educational brochure designed for students of all ages. The brochure is published by the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL) and available for immediate distribution. Frankie…
