BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SUGARCANE PRODUCTION FIELD DAY September 20, 2022 Sugarcane Model Farm Dugas Farm Inc., Napoleonville, LA
Best Management Practices in Sugarcane Production Field Day set for Sept. 20
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Louisiana sugarcane
The Future of Food: Farmers Are the Vanguard
I heard food futurist Jack Bobo speak at the 37th annual International Sugar Symposium in Vail, Colorado in early August. The definition of a food futurist is not someone who predicts the future of our food systems but one who can understand what the “preferred”…
Seedcane Application
Click here for Seedcane Application for Varieties HoL 15-508 and L 15-306 Deadline to Submit: August 1, 2022 Price: $60 per ton ($59 paid to the Secondary Station Operator, $1 to ASCL for administrative cost)
Raw Sugar Factories Success Means Stronger Cane Industry
The sugarcane industry has remained sustainable in Louisiana for more than 200 years. Thanks to progressive attitudes among the cane producers and millers who banded together in 1922 to form the American Sugar Cane League, the industry has expanded to record acreage,…
Vintage Julien cane planter set for River Road African American Museum
Baton Rouge Advocate reporter Ellyn Couvillion penned this news story about the donation of an old Julien cane planter to the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville. Here’s the beginning of her story: A vintage sugarcane planting machine — one of…
Cautious optimism marks start of soggy sugarcane harvest
According to statistics from the American Sugar Cane League in Thibodaux, approximately 463,000 acres of cane were harvested by 417 farms in Louisiana in 2020. With an average of 8,568 pounds of sugar produced per acre, 2020 was a stellar year for the industry. This…
Planting sugarcane in Louisiana
How do farmers plant sugarcane in Louisiana? While most planting in agriculture is done in the spring, the Louisiana sugarcane farmer plants seedcane in the late summer. Take a look at the photo gallery to learn more. The Louisiana sugarcane harvest typically begins…
Delta Biofuel Proposes $70 Million Renewable Fuel Plant in Jeanerette
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Delta Biofuel CEO Philip Keating announced the company is evaluating Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for a planned $70 million renewable fuel plant. The planned production facility would produce biomass fuel pellets made from residual…
Trash, trespassing becoming issue for sugar cane farmers
Reporter Dwayne Fatherree of the Daily Iberian interviewed several Louisiana sugarcane farmers and found an unnecessary headache that plagues the producers is illegal dumping. Here’s Fatheree’s report. As the sugar cane harvest keeps rolling along, most…