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,…
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…
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…
The American Sugar Cane League presented the LSU AgCenter with a check for an endowed chair in sugar production at the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists recently (Feb. 5-7). Pictured are Rogers Leonard, AgCenter associate vice…
(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 McClure. LSU AgCenter Farmers are now…
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 I feel like doing, and usually going…
It looks as if Louisiana’s sugarcane grinding season is going to be an extended one. But there is a good reason for the late finish—an exceptional sugarcane crop. Story by Craig Gautreaux Photo above: Another wagon of sugarcane billets heads to the loading site on L….
(11/14/17) NEW IBERIA, La. — The 2017 Louisiana sugarcane crop is meeting expectations as the harvest approaches the halfway point. “Tonnage is good, and sugar recovery is good,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. “For both of…
For the past few weeks, sugarcane farmers in Louisiana planted hundreds of acres of land of sugarcane for the year. Harvest time is approaching quickly and many local farmers are working seven days a week to get their crops ready. WATCH THE KLFY-TV NEWS STORY