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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.

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

Cora Texas sugar mill turns cane into raw sugar 24 hours a day, about 100 days eve

To the uninformed, Cora Texas Manufacturing Company near White Castle looks like most plants in Iberville Parish.Except for the line of sugar cane trucks during the 100-day period farmers and employees of Cora Tex call "the grind.”by Tommy Comeaux, Plaquemine Post South On inside, it’s a steamy maze of pipes of all sizes going hither and yonder to tanks…

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Experts predict sugarcane record crop for Louisiana, Iberville Parish

Traditionally, the harvesting of sugar cane has always been finished by Christmas, but several recent years have pushed the end of harvest well into January. This is one of those years, as experts from the American Sugar Cane League and Buckley "Buck” Kessler, general manager for Cora Texas Manufacturing, Iberville Parish’s only sugar mill.By Tommy Commeaux. Read the story…

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