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.
Podcasts of the various talks by LSU AgCenter sugarcane researchers at the 2020 Virtual Sugarcane Field Day are now available in podcast form at LaCane.buzzsprout.com/ and other podcasting platforms. Because of pandemic restrictions, the LSU AgCenter hosted its sugarcane fields…
Production farmers, sugarcane producers included, generally do their work in the fields and don’t necessarily come into contact with a lot of folks outside their agricultural sphere. By Jim Simon American Sugar Cane League They see their family, of course.…
Sugarcane farmers and millers held their collective breath last month when a double whammy of hurricanes threatened Louisiana. By Jim Simon Manager, American Sugar Cane League Hurricane Marco was a bust, but Hurricane Laura hit Cameron Parish as a category…
(09/03/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — One week after Hurricane Laura came ashore, Louisiana’s sugarcane crop is still showing some signs of the storm, but the damage is not as extensive as feared as Laura approached the state. By Kenneth Gautreaux,…
In this podcast from Groundwork, Denise Hymel of the Hymel sugarcane farming family of St. James Parish in Louisiana is asked about her "Fast Food Farm" and what she did to help her community after the COVID-19 crisis affected her…
Dr. Calvin Viator is a successful crop consultant to the Louisiana sugarcane industry and has given years of service to advancing agriculture. He was inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction on August 6, 2020.
With a $3 billion economic impact on the state, you can make a pretty good argument sugarcane is Louisiana's #1 crop!
The news team at This Week in Louisiana Agriculture filed this report on the upcoming sugarcane harvest and new variety H-O 13-739.
Jim Harper, a rice, crawfish, sugarcane and soybean farmer in Rapides Parish, has been elected as the 12th president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau. by Neil Melancon LFBF Media Harper now leads the state’s largest general farm organization at a…
The school year, abbreviated by the covid-19 pandemic, is officially over and Louisiana’s sugar industry played a small role in educating more than 1,500 students on the important role sugarcane plays in our state economy. By Jim Simon Manager, American…
Neil Melancon of This Week In Louisiana Agriculture filed this story about what it takes to get a sugarcane mill up and running for the fall grinding season.