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.
If it’s September in south Louisiana, a lot of wonderful traditions are taking place. There is football season, of course! Also, who doesn’t love the beginning of gumbo weather? And don’t forget the sugarcane harvest. This is the time that the beautiful sweet stalks of sugarcane across the sugar belt are harvested and trucked to the mills.For folks who…
When the Iberville Parish sandbag machine was failing to keep up with demand from residents during Hurricane Isaac, area sugarcane farmers stepped up to lend a hand. Iberville Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso Jr. said sandbag demand was outstripping supply. "We were inundated with requests for sandbags and we couldn’t keep up,” Ourso said. The parish sandbagging machine can…
NEW IBERIA, La. – The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair Association announced today that New Iberia sugarcane farmer Daniel E. Gonsoulin will reign as King Sucrose LXXI over the 2012 Sugar Cane Festival Sept. 27-30. Gonsoulin, the head of a third-generation sugarcane family, has been farming sugarcane since 1972. "I thought I was going to be a mechanical…
THIBODAUX, LA. - Local bankers are always competing for customers but one thing they agree on is that the sugarcane industry is good for business. "We look at each individual sugarcane farmer’s financial strengths when we make a loan, but having a good strong national sugar policy sure makes it easier for the bank to approve a farm loan,”…
Irwin takes public relations post for American Sugar Cane League Thibodaux, La. – American Sugar Cane League General Manager Jim Simon announced today that Sam Irwin has been hired to serve as the League’s public relations director.Irwin will head the organization’s efforts to promote the sugarcane industry’s message to south Louisiana."When the League organized 90 years ago, our purpose…
The American Sugar Cane League is pleased to announce that James H. Simon has been hired as the General Manager of the League. He will assume his new duties on June 7, 2004.Simon’s family has been in the sugar business for several generations. His grandfather was a sugar producer in St. James Parish, his father (the late Lynn Simon)…
