Sugarcane farmers know they can’t predict the yield of next year’s crop based on the previous harvest. “Every crop year is different,” they say knowingly as they plant seedcane for the next cycle. Just as every crop is different, so is each United States Congress....
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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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U.s. Sugar Policy
U.S. sugar policy, which operates under the Farm Bills overwhelmingly passed in 2008, 2014, and 2018, is based on the common-sense notion that supply and demand should be in balance. Sugar is the cheapest major commodity program because sugar farmers do not receive subsidy checks....
Sugar Policy Ensures Adequate Supplies in a Crisis
This week marks the 78-year anniversary of sugar rationing. During World War II, sugar was so critical, and in such short supply since the U.S. was heavily dependent on foreign suppliers, that it was the first item to be rationed and the last item to...
What Mardi Gras Holiday? Louisiana Cane Farmers Lobby Washington During Carnival
While Louisiana was celebrating Mardi Gras last week, a group of Bayou State sugarcane farmers and millers were trekking to Washington D.C. to educate government lawmakers about America’s no-cost sugar policy. A second wave of cane farmers are making the trip to Capitol Hill today,...
Survey: Americans get great deal on sugar; support sugar farmers
WASHINGTON – Sugar farmers from across the country are headed to Capitol Hill today to defend America’s no-cost sugar policy, armed with brand-new data finding consumers believe American-made sugar to be affordable. Although consumers in other developed countries pay about the same as U.S. shoppers...
Senate approves farm bill with strong sugar policy
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 to depress sugar farmers’ prices...
Family fuels Louisiana’s sugar tradition
Michael Harper’sfamily has been farming in Cheneyville, a town of about 600, since right after the Civil War. He’s a sixth-generation grower at the northern tip of Louisiana’s sugar country, farming today with his father, uncle and cousin-in-law. In the 153 years since his first...
Farmers Blast Anti-Farm Lobbyist
When Kendall Busch learned of a scathing attack on his U.S. Senator for supporting an industry that has meant generations of reliable, good-paying, jobs in Nebraska, he was pretty upset. The Scottsbluff, Nebraska, sugarbeet grower couldn’t believe that someone would attempt to tarnish Sen. Deb...
2017 sugarcane harvest off to a dry start
Travis Medine has been farming sugarcane for 14 years in Port Allen, Louisiana, outside of Baton Rouge.PHOTO: Travis Medine directs a tractor driver during the 2015 planting season. Photo by ASCL-SamIrwin. Harvest time is always an adventure with Louisiana's wet weather and often muddy soil....
