2018 Louisiana sugarcane harvest Archives - American Sugar Cane League

You've found Sugarcane in the News, the home of the official American Sugar Cane League press releases and other news stories about the sugar industry. In this section you will find links to the Sugar News, our email newsletter about the the people who have made sugarcane the Louisiana's number one crop for more than two centuries. You can sign up to receive the Sugar News in your mailbox here.

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.

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Even with difficult harvest, La. sugarcane could set new record

(11/12/18) NEW IBERIA, La. — The 2018 Louisiana sugarcane crop has the potential to set a record if weather conditions are favorable. "We have a tremendously good crop out there,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. "We could beat the record crop we had last year.” Sugar recovery so far is not as good as last year, but…