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(07/27/21) ST. GABRIEL, La. — Two newly released sugarcane varieties took center stage at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station’s first live field day since 2019 after the coronavirus pandemic forced a virtual version last year. by V. Todd Miller, LSU AgCenter Attendees of the July 21 event included some from as far away as Seattle and the nation…
Photos from the 2021 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day.
Sugarcane growers in the St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Landry, Acadia parish area are invited to a July 16 sugarcane field day at the LASUCA Sugar Mill, 6029 LA 347 in St. Martinville at 2 p.m. Field tour topics will cover sugarcane variety updates from sugarcane breeding scientists from the LSU AgCenter, the United States Department of Agriculture and the…
The LSU AgCenter hosted the Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day in Napoleonville yesterday. It was the 51st time local farmers, researchers and others connected to the Louisiana sugarcane industry have gathered to learn about the latest in sugarcane research in this Bayou Lafourche town. LSU AgCenter agriculture agent Renee Castro put together the program that included two field stops…
Dr. Jeff Hoy, resident manager of the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station said the AgCenter has created a Facebook page specifically for the research farm's sugarcane work. The url for the page is www.facebook.com/LSUAgCenterSugarResearchStation/.
There was great concern among Louisiana sugarcane farmers that the record cold temperatures at Mardi Gras would cause significant damage. It doesn’t appear the crop suffered any long-term effect from the freeze, but a cool, wet March and April has limited growth. According to Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, damage was limited to a few isolated fields. “There…
Seedling planting 2021 American Sugar Cane League agronomists team up with variety breeding researchers at the USDA and LSU AgCenter sugarcane farms to place parent plants in special greenhouses to flower for pollination and seed production. Those seeds are planted at the experimental farms, numerically identified, and monitored for 12 years. Each plant, subject to all the conditions Louisiana’s…
LSU AgCenter weed scientist Al Orgeron has been named the Benjamin L. Legendre Sr. Sugar Heritage American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Professor. Orgeron, an associate professor and integrated pest management specialist with the LSU AgCenter, is the first recipient of the professorship. By Johnny Morgan As a specialist, he is responsible for developing and conducting weed management education…
More than 60 hours of subfreezing temperatures, including lows in the mid- to lower teens in the northern region of the Louisiana sugarcane belt, has many growers concerned about the effects it will have on next year’s crop. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois has been monitoring the situation across the growing area and is optimistic the damage is…
Chemical engineer Maria del Carmen Perez discusses "How Seasonal Sucrose Losses Varied Across Clarification in Three Louisiana Sugarcane Factories in 2019" at the 2021 virtual winter meeting of the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
Drs. Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez and Gillian Eggleston present "Control of Dextran and Fructose at Louisiana Sugarcane Factories with Commercial Biocides" at the 2021 virtual winter meeting of the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
Herman Waguespack, research director of the American Sugar Cane League, talks about IR-4, the interregional research #4 project on the specialty crops program.
