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.
Louisiana state climatologist Jay Grymes of WAFB-TV on weather issues affecting the sugarcane industry at the LSU AgCenter's 2024 winter sugarcane grower meeting in Napoleonville.
The Louisiana Sugarcane Industry has now completed 229 years of commercial sugar production. Considering it’s the northernmost sugarcane growing region in the world, that’s certainly something to be proud of. Growing a tropical crop in Louisiana’s temperate environment has always…
Recently, big corporate candy executives have been pushing a false narrative that there is a domestic sugar shortage. According to a recent report from the United States Department of Agriculture, not only are these reports totally false — there is…
The Mississippi River levee in front of retired sugarcane farmer George “Scrap” Hymel’s Gramercy, Louisiana home has been the site of a Christmas Eve bonfire for 53 years. Hymel saw his last bonfire in 2022; he passed away on December…
The vision of the 1922 founders of the American Sugar Cane League was to seek out the best scientific research available. They forged a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University. Louisiana’s sugarcane industry found…
Thanksgiving heralded in the holiday season and most folks will be celebrating the traditional autumn rituals by expressing gratitude for their good fortune. Part of Louisiana’s fall tradition is the sugarcane harvest which is proceeding as it often does through…
The Alma Sugarcane Mill in action during the 2023 Louisiana sugarcane harvest. The mill makes raw sugar from sugarcane juice.
Charles Maurice Gravois, Sr., age 95, of Vacherie, Louisiana passed away on October 25, 2023. He was born in Vacherie on June 23, 1928, to Ozane J., Sr. and Louise Brazan Gravois and was the youngest son in a family…
Here's a cool look at how a sugarcane wagon gets unloaded at Westfield Sugar Factory in Paintcourtville, La.
On Saturday, October 14, the American Sugar Cane League alongside the collective national sugar industry will celebrate the people and the plants that make real sugar possible on the second annual National Real Sugar Day. Last year, the American Sugar…
The Simoneaux family of Assumption Parish celebrates National Real Sugar Day 2023. National Real Sugar Day is October 14.
The Engemann family of Baton Rouge celebrates National Real Sugar Day at their Pointe Coupee Parish farm. National Real Sugar Day in October 14.
