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.
Louisiana sugarcane farmers are racing to get their crop planted while simultaneously preparing for this year’s harvest, which is scheduled to begin in mid-September. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has this report from south Louisiana.
The Fall LSU AgCenter Best Management Practices in Sugarcane Production Field Day will be held Tuesday, September 20 at Dugas Farm, 5585 La. Hwy 1 in Napoleonville. Registration starts at 8 a.m. The field tours will include an overview of best management practices, water quality monitoring, soil respiration, cover crops, soil testing, precision ag, and conservation economics.
(08/15/2022) ERATH, La. — Across Louisiana’s southern sugar belt, producers were given sneak peeks at new sugarcane varieties and developing crop management technologies at a series of sugarcane field days held throughout the LSU AgCenter’s Southwest region in late July. On July 28, growers from Vermilion, Iberia and St. Mary Parishes gathered here in Erath. On July 22, Acadia,…
Dr. Niranjan Baisakh talks about utilizing molecular markers in sugarcane breeding at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La.
Entomologist Blake Wilson discusses insect pests at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La. Watch the video or listen to the audio by clicking on the audio player below.
The United State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and its Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. has been leading sugarcane research and variety development using breeding, genomics, precision ag techniques, integrated pest management, soil science and plant physiology for more than 100 years. The ARS-SRU has been working hand in hand with the LSU AgCenter and the American…
I heard food futurist Jack Bobo speak at the 37th annual International Sugar Symposium in Vail, Colorado in early August. The definition of a food futurist is not someone who predicts the future of our food systems but one who can understand what the “preferred” future could looks like and helps existing systems adapt and adjust to that preferred…
Dr. Jeff Hoy of the LSU AgCenter talks about billet planting at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane field day at the LSU Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel, La.
Agronomist Herman Waguespack Jr of the American Sugar Cane League talks billet planting at the 2022 LSU AgCenter sugarcane field day at the Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel, La.
Agronomist Herman Waguespack Jr of the American Sugar Cane League talks billet planting at the 2022 LSU AgCenter sugarcane field day at the Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel, La. DOWNLOAD THE PODCAST
America’s farmers have an opportunity to be “a real hero in our ability to address climate change” through improvements in productivity and climate-smart practices, but a successful climate program “has to work for agriculture.” That was the message shared by Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the…
Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses the use of drones for weed control and other applications in Louisiana sugarcane at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La. (A video of this presentation is available at LaCane.org).
