Sugar News 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.

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

Grower Profile: Al Landry Jr.

September 27, 2019
Sam Irwin
Press Releases

In the eyes of Alton (Al) Landry Jr., all the past kings of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival are in the pantheon of sugarcane industry leaders. Louisiana sugarcane producer Al Landry Jr. “I’ve always looked up to the men who were the past kings of...

August 15, 2019
Sam Irwin
ASCL StaffPress Releases, Press Releases

St. Mary Sugar, January 2019 "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...

October 5, 2015
Sam Irwin
Sugar News

Sugarcane farmer Dane Berard of Breaux Bridge runs his operation pretty much like the other 483 growers of the Sugar Belt. He and his partner, Glenn Thibodaux, have an investment in their sugarcane and soybean farm and have been successful for many years. The 3090-acre...