Photo Gallery from 2018 Iberia, St. Mary Vermilion Sugar Field Days
The 2018 Iberia, St. Mary Vermilion LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day. SEE THE PHOTOS
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.
The 2018 Iberia, St. Mary Vermilion LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day. SEE THE PHOTOS
Dr. Al Orgeron and Dr Michael Pontif of the LSU AgCenter spoke at the Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day on their research. HEAR THE PODCAST
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,”…
NEW ORLEANS — The United States Department of Agriculture is expecting sugar beet production to be reduced about four percent and sugarcane about three percent from 2017-18 levels for the 2018-19 crop years, said LSU AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto.Deliberto made…
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(01/31/18) NAPOLEONVILLE, La. — Louisiana sugarcane farmers just finished a memorable year — one that saw them harvesting cane on a rare snow day in December and set a record for the most sugar produced in state history. By Olivia…
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…
For Thibodaux resident Lester Gravois, sugar cane isn’t just a job but a passion.His father grew the crop, and he started farming right after high school. Now 95 years old, Gravois can often be found in the field."I do what…
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The debate over the future of no-cost sugar policy has been going on longer than most Hill staffers have been alive. And neither the tactics nor the talking points used by the anti-farmer crowd has changed very much over that…