Sugarcane harvesting is wrapping up in south Louisiana as sugar mills finish grinding cane for the season. Archives

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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Sugarcane grinding season winding down

Although some sugar mills in the state will continue grinding into January, local mills have shut it down for the season.PHOTO: Mark LeBlanc of Baton Rouge and his daughter, Vianne, grind cane on an antique mill. LeBlanc is using the cane juice to make rum. Photo by Sam Irwin.Grinding began the last week of September at Raceland Raw Sugar…