2019 Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion Sugarcane Field Day
The 2019 LSU AgCenter Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion Parish Sugarcane Field Day was held July 23 at the LSU AgCenter Farm in Jeanerette. See the photos HERE.
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A sugar cane experiment in Louisiana, years in the making, released this month for farmers
ST. GABRIEL — In a sense, two new sugar cane varieties announced at a public gathering this week were more than a century years in the making. The crossbred cane, developed at LSU's sugar research station in St. Gabriel and…
Two new sugarcane varieties approved for commercial release
The American Sugar Cane League’s Variety Release Committee unanimously approved the release of two new varieties, Ho 12-615 and L 12-201, for commercial planting in the summer of 2019. The committee is composed of representative researchers from the United States…
Sugar mill officials hear research results from grinding season
(04/16/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Each spring, representatives from Louisiana sugarcane mills hear results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute. During the factory operations seminar on April 11, researchers from the institute provided the sugar mill management…
Sugarcane goes to Washington
Several Louisiana sugarcane farmers recently completed "fly-ins” to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressional leaders and staffers and other movers and shakers of American farm policy. These fly-ins are a laborious undertaking. They are three solid days of early breakfast…
A strong sugar policy supports American jobs
Fifty-seven sugar factories have closed since the 1980s due to low prices, contributing to the loss of 100,000 sugar jobs. In fact, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics stopped tracking "sugar manufacturing” as a job category in 2008 due…
Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast: Agro Outlook 2019
Jim Wiesemeyer, a policy analyst for Pro Farmer, has interviewed every president on agroeconomic issues since Jimmy Carter. Jim was the featured speaker at the American Sugar Cane League's annual meeting in Baton Rouge on February 5, 2019. LISTEN TO…
Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast: Washington Update
Jack Pettus is the American Sugar Cane League’s Washington Representative. Jack came down to Louisiana for the League’s Annual Meeting in Baton Rouge and gave this Washington Update report to the gathered Louisiana sugar producers. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Louisiana Sugar Producers Praise Reintroduction of Zero-for-Zero Legislation
The American Sugar Cane League, which represents the Louisiana sugarcane industry, wholeheartedly supports "zero-for-zero” legislation to reform and replace the current no-cost sugar policy. Louisiana congressional representatives Garret Graves (R) of Baton Rouge and Clay Higgins (R) of Lafayette have…
Sugarcane harvest grinds to a successful halt
The 2018 Louisiana sugarcane harvest resulted in record yield in terms of tonnage but a reduced sugar recovery from last year.By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter "When it’s all said and done, we should make the same amount of sugar, which…
Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast: League Research Director’s Early Crop Report (2
Herman Waguespack, the American Sugar Cane League's Director of Research, delivered this September 27, 2018 crop report at the League's board of director's meeting. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast: Blanchard on Heat Treating Seedcane
On July 26, 2018,the Sugarcane News traveled to the LSU AgCenter St. Mary, Iberia and Vermilion Parish sugarcane field day and recorded farmer Lane Blanchard speaking on heat treating seed cane. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
