Louisiana sugarcane Archives - Page 4 of 34 - American Sugar Cane League

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.

Sugar Farmers Host D.C. Fly-in This Week

Patrick Frischhertz, Louisiana sugarcane producer The nation’s sugar farmers were in Washington, D.C. in February and March as part of the American Sugar Alliance annual fly-in. Patrick Frischhertz, a member of the American Sugar Cane League National Legislative Committee and a Louisiana farmer, says the...

February 22, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), Podcast, Research Presentation, Video

Post-doctoral research scholar Keo Corak of USDA-ARS Genomics & Bioinformatics Research Unit discusses predictive sugarcane breeding at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists in Baton Rouge in February 2024. Sugarcane Integrated Breeding System FacebookTweet

This Valentine’s Day, hardworking American farmers Neil Rockstad and Brad Lundy are setting the record straight on the false and harmful narrative that there is a ‘sugar shortage.’ Neil is a fourth-generation sugarbeet farmer, he farms with this family in Ada, Minnesota. Brad is a...

Dr. Rich Johnson of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. discusses fertilizer and other soil recommendations at the January 2024 LSU AgCenter sugarcane growers meeting in Napoleonville. Louisiana Sugarcane Fertility Update for 2024 FacebookTweet

Dr. Robert Johansson, American Sugar Alliance Recent media reports cite a flawed Government Accountability Office report on the American sugar industry as a reason to gut the farm bill's sugar policy. Dr. Rob Johansson, director of Economics and Policy Analysis of the American Sugar Alliance,...

January 26, 2024
Sam Irwin
Podcast, Video

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. Louisiana State Climatologist on 2023/24 Weather FacebookTweet

January 22, 2024
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release

Some Louisiana farmers were still harvesting sugarcane the first week of January 2024. All harvesting activities wrapped up on January 9. 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...

A raw sugar warehouse at Raceland Raw Sugar in Raceland, La. At the end of a Louisiana sugarcane harvest season, this warehouse and dozens of others in the state will be packed with two million tons of sugar. Recently, big corporate candy executives have been...

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 30, 2022. But for the...

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 new vigor after the establishment...

November 30, 2023
Sam Irwin
Press Releases, Recipes!

Louisiana sugarcane farmers and millers work with urgency through the holidays to get the crop to the mill. Photo by Sally Ramagos Thanksgiving heralded in the holiday season and most folks will be celebrating the traditional autumn rituals by expressing gratitude for their good fortune....

November 20, 2023
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release, Video

The Alma Sugarcane Mill in action during the 2023 Louisiana sugarcane harvest. The mill makes raw sugar from sugarcane juice. Alma Sugarcane Mill, Lakeland, La. FacebookTweet

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

Sugar Farmers Host D.C. Fly-in This Week

Sugarcane Integrated Breeding System

No Valentine: Candy Companies Push False “Sugar Shortage” Story at the Expense of American Farmers

Louisiana Sugarcane Fertility Update for 2024

Don’t offshore our American family farms

Louisiana State Climatologist on 2023/24 Weather

2023 Louisiana Sugarcane Crop Summary

There is No Sugar Supply Shortage in the United States. Period.

River Parish Christmas bonfire tradition honors sugarcane

Sugar Association works for Louisiana sugarcane

Holiday Rituals

Alma Sugarcane Mill, Lakeland, La.