Commercially grown sugarcane in Louisiana is a large grass with a complex genetic background derived from four different species within the genus Saccharum. The stalks of sugarcane store sucrose, which has pleased the palate of humankind for countless generations. By…
(08/20/19) ALEXANDRIA, La. — The fields at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center have seen all sorts of crop trials over the years — but never any involving sugarcane. Story by LSU AgCenter Write Olivia McClure That’s because the facility is located…
“The growers got together then and decided they wanted to control their own fate and destiny, so they invested and built their own sugar mill,” said St. Mary Sugar mill general manager David Thibodeaux. It just goes to show, when farmers put their mind to…
The 2019 USDA-Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish Sugarcane Field always draws a good crowd from across the cane belt. After touring the USDA Sugarcane ResearchUnit in Houma, the group repaired to the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office Gun Range Facility for lunch and the…
(07/25/18) ST. MARTINVILLE, La. — With planting just around the corner, sugarcane farmers gathered on July 20 at the LSU AgCenter St. Martin Parish sugarcane field day to hear about research and new technology to help with their crop. AgCenter sugarcane specialist…
Sugarcane farmers, millers and researchers gathered at the LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel to hear the latest in sugarcane research. View the photos… CLICK HERE
The American Sugar Cane League applauded the work of Louisiana’s senators for their role in the passage of the farm bill. “Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy played a critical role in maintaining no-cost sugar policy in the farm bill,” said Jim Simon,…
The United States Senate passed a Farm Bill today that continues America’s no-cost sugar policy. The House of Representatives likewise continued the current sugar policy in its version of the Farm Bill after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposal by agricultural critics…
Norbert Rillieux, Allen Ramsey Wurtele and Leonard Julien had two things in common. They all were from south Louisiana, and their inventions forever changed the sugar cane industry. The three men anchor the West Baton Rouge Museum’s new “Rural…