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Sugarcane harvest grinds to a successful halt

The 2018 Louisiana sugarcane harvest resulted in record yield in terms of tonnage but a reduced sugar recovery from last year.By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter "When it’s all said and done, we should make the same amount of sugar, which was a record last year,”...

Louisiana Sugar Refining creates LSU College of Agriculture scholarship

Louisiana Sugar Refining LLC is establishing a scholarship in the LSU College of Agriculture.General manager and CEO Larry Faucheux said his company sees the scholarship as a way to help the next generation of their potential employees. "This will allow young people to go to...

Farm Bill’s No-Cost Sugar Policy Beneficial to Louisiana Sugar Industry

Louisiana’s 2018 sugarcane harvest season has been wet and muddy thus far, but the state’s farmers and millers got some good news when President Donald Trump officially signed the 2018 Farm Bill which extended U.S. sugar policy for another five years. "Our Louisiana congressional delegation...

Louisiana sugarcane industry wants farm bill passed before 2019

December 11, 2018 Louisiana Sugarcane Industry Wants New Farm Bill in Place Before 2019 The president of the American Sugar Cane League is urging the Louisiana Congressional delegation to get behind the final version of the farm bill and ensure its passage before the end...

Heavy rain is causing delays and muddy conditions for sugarcane farmers

Excessive rainfall continues to hamper sugarcane harvesting in Acadiana.Here's Caroline Marcello of KLFY-TV (Lafayette, La.) with her November 8, 2018 report. WATCH THE VIDEO

Cora Texas sugar mill turns cane into raw sugar 24 hours a day, about 100 days eve

To the uninformed, Cora Texas Manufacturing Company near White Castle looks like most plants in Iberville Parish.Except for the line of sugar cane trucks during the 100-day period farmers and employees of Cora Tex call "the grind.”by Tommy Comeaux, Plaquemine Post South On inside, it’s...

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

Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast: Orgeron on Ripeners: Pontiff on L 11-183

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

Louisiana’s senators support good farm policy

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,” said Jim Simon, manager of...

U.S. sugar supplies expected to be tight for 2018-19

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 his comments at the sugarcane...

‘Rural Engineuity’: West Baton Rouge Museum exhibit shows how Louisianans change

Norbert Rillieux, Allen Ramsey Wurtele and Leonard Julien had two things in common.They all were from south Louisiana, and their inventions forever changed the sugar cane industry.The three men anchor the West Baton Rouge Museum's new "Rural Engineuity" exhibit, which runs through Aug. 5 andhighlights...

Face of Sugar Policy: An iconic sign in Baltimore

Denise Drake grew up one of 11 siblings in Baltimore. At nights, she’d gaze at the iconic Domino Sugar refinery that has long illuminated the city’s Inner Harbor. But, she never realized just how close her home was to the refinery until she came to...

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