raw sugar Archives - 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.

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

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...

October 31, 2019
Sam Irwin
photographs

That golden hill behind this truck is raw sugar. By the end of the sugarcane harvest, this warehouse, which is about the size of a football field, will be filled with raw sugar. The truck/trailer will eventually haul all of the sugar refineries in the...

October 29, 2019
Sam Irwin
Sugar News

When farmers put their mind to something, the work gets done. That’s how St. Mary Sugar Co-Op sugarcane mill got started. “The growers got together then and decided they wanted to control their own fate and destiny, so they invested and built their own sugar...

July 4, 2019
Sam Irwin
Sugar News

Dan Duplantis Jr.’s job search pretty much ended the day he was born 51 years ago. It seems he was destined to work in the sugarcane industry and it’s no surprise he ended up being the general manager of Raceland Raw Sugar, the sugarcane mill...

April 18, 2019
Sam Irwin
Sugar News

Pierre Simeon Patout came to Louisiana from France with a dream of becoming the premier vintner of the South. He started his vineyard in 1825 in the community which came to be known as Patoutville. He quickly learned that Louisiana, despite sharing the same French...

With grinding a few weeks underway, early indicators are that local sugar-cane farmers will have a good season.Herman Waguespack, senior agronomist for the Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League, said most growers he’s talked to have had a positive season so far. However, some still haven’t...

Judging by the first 10 to 15 percent of sugar cane that has made its way to the sugar mills this season, things are looking good for the fall harvest.DAILY IBERIAN NEWS STORY BY DANNY FENSTERPhoto: Raw sugar loaded into a Bayou Teche barge from...

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

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

Raw Sugar Wagon

St. Mary Sugar: Doing the Right Thing

Raceland Raw Sugar: Good Crop + Good Management + Extreme Sugar

Enterprise Sugar Factory: Trendsetter in Louisiana

Sugarcane grinding season off to a good start

Strong start to 2017 sugar crop harvest