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.
Lafayette, La. - Several hundred of Louisiana’s sugarcane farmers and millers were listening to national agricultural journalist Jim Wiesemeyer’s talk about the sugar industry at the 91st annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League at Hilton Lafayette when they got word that the United States Senate approved a new five-year farm bill. The audience burst into a spontaneous…
LAFAYETTE, LA. – Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL), said the 2013 sugarcane crop was, from a production stand point, one of the best in the 219-year history of Louisiana sugarcane farming despite two hard freezes during the harvest. "The success of this crop is due to the excellent research program we have in Louisiana,…
The Louisiana sugarcane plant is a remarkable biological organism well suited to Acadiana’s extraordinary climate. It can be flattened by high wind but its stalks grow skyward after exposure to a few days of sunlight. A hurricane can dump 20 inches of rain, an extraordinary amount of water that would destroy other row crops, but sugarcane endures and can…
The American Sugar Cane League is serious about promoting driver safety during the 2013 harvest season and has placed billboards on Louisiana's highways with its safety message to prove its point. Mike Daigle, president of the League, said the billboards are colorful but also impart a serious safety message. "The sugarcane industry is extremely important to Louisiana and we…
By all accounts, Loreauville sugarcane farmer Todd Landry is a great farmer. Loreauville Harvesting, his farming operation, manages more than 2400 acres along the Teche valley bottomland. He farms alongside his younger brother, Patrick, who also owns an interest in the farm. His wife, Kelly, takes care of the bookwork. Nevin, his 24-year-old son, recently finished college and is…
In medieval times, noble families had specific rules for inheritance. The oldest son inherited the noble title, and more importantly, all of the lands. The best bet for the second son was to become a scholar and learn to make a living by his wits. The third son was “given” to the Church. The female heirs were married off…
Greg Nolan of Thibodaux will reign as King Sucrose LXXII over the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival to be celebrated in New Iberia on September 26-28. Greg, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, has been part of the sugar industry for most of his life. His parents and grandparents, born and bred in St. Mary Parish cane country along Bayou Teche, have…
Farm safety is of paramount concern now that sugarcane planting is in full swing and the motoring public needs to be aware, said Mike Daigle, president of the American Sugar Cane League. "Right now farmers are in the fields cutting seed cane for planting and sugarcane equipment is not yet on the roads,” Daigle said. "The trouble is there…
The American Sugar Cane League, on behalf of Louisiana sugar cane growers and processors, successfully petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create a "Seasonal Boiler" subcategory to the Area Source Boiler Rule to avoid a disproportionate burden on industries with short seasonal operations like Louisiana's sugarcane industry. On June 6, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA”) proposed…
The American Sugar Cane League unveiled a new "Louisiana Sugar Cane Family” sign that will be available to sugarcane farmers and millers but also to the general public, said League president Mike Daigle. The two-tone verdant green sign features the Louisiana Sugar Cane Family theme and a picture of a sugarcane stalk with the words "Since 1795” emblazoned across…
A lot has changed in southeastern Lafayette Parish since Eddie "Boss Man” Lewis Sr., 72, was a young man. Pinhook Road east of the Vermilion River was a two-lane highway all the way to Broussard. Sugarcane occupied the real estate populated by oil field support companies north of Pinhook to Hwy 90, which was not yet the "future corridor…
Grower Profile: Young Farmers; Young Family A lot of industry observers would classify Bobby Morris of West Baton Rouge Parish and his family members that make up Morris Farms Partnership as the ideal American family farming enterprise. They’re traditional. They’re fourth generation farmers who learned the profession from their father, Robert Morris. Elder Morris is the ranking member of…
