Dr. Gravois on 2022 Variety Choices
LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Dr. Kenneth Gravois speaks to growers at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day - July 13, 2022.
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Honey, would you pass the sugar? Patrick Frischhertz: 7 generations of sugarcane farming in Louisiana
Plaquemine sugarcane farmer Patrick Frischhertz visited with Open Field Radio to record this engaging podcast. He represents seven generations of farming at St. Louis Plantation in Iberville Parish. Listen to the podcast.
Solar regulations pending
The United States wants to be a leader in clean energy and energy providers are looking at alternate ways to deliver power to their customers. Instead of drilling in the ground searching for oil, the energy industry is taking a hard look at the surface of the earth for clean fuel. Two potential sectors are wind and solar. Yet…
Seedcane Application
Click here for Seedcane Application for Varieties HoL 15-508 and L 15-306 Deadline to Submit: August 1, 2022 Price: $60 per ton ($59 paid to the Secondary Station Operator, $1 to ASCL for administrative cost)
Charley Richard shares a lifetime of sugar knowledge, from cane and beets
Few people know both sugarcane and sugarbeets as well as Charley Richard (pronounced Ree-shard) of New Orleans, Louisiana, who works in both the beet and cane side of the American sugar industry. Roughly half of sugar grown in the United States comes from sugarbeets and the other half comes from sugarcane. Sugar, or sucrose, is a carbohydrate that occurs…
Sugarcane Field Days and Lauden-Jackson Scholarship
As July rolls around, Louisiana’s sugarcane “grand growth stage” is well underway. In tropical regions, the grand growth stage can last for five to eight months, but Louisiana’s sugar producers don’t have the luxury of a long growing season. We must produce our commercial cane crop in nine months so the development of varieties that grow quickly and produce…
Lacour is Co-Op Leader of the Year
Sugarcane grower George Lacour of Morganza was recognized as the "Co-Op Leader of the Year" by the Louisiana Council of Farmer Cooperatives.Lacour received the recognition at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Pointe Coupee Parish Sugarcane Field Day. Pictured is Lennie Waguespack, Lacour and Clay Hebert. Sugarcane producers and other interested parties gathered on May 31 at the farm of Joby…
Producing Sugar Sustainably on Earth Day, and Every Day
Earth Day is a day to celebrate our planet and bring awareness to the part that we all play in making the world a more sustainable place. As stewards of the land, sugar farmers have been investing in a healthier planet for generations. They’re protecting the land that helps feed us and working to pass the American legacy of…
Sugar factory operators hear updates on research
(04/11/22) ST. GABRIEL, La. — The LSU AgCenter and the American Sugar Cane League sponsored an annual informational seminar on sugar factory operations at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel on March 31. In addition to an overview of the processing of the 2021 Louisiana sugarcane crop, a variety of other topics were discussed, said Gillian Eggleston,…
Raw Sugar Factories Success Means Stronger Cane Industry
The sugarcane industry has remained sustainable in Louisiana for more than 200 years. Thanks to progressive attitudes among the cane producers and millers who banded together in 1922 to form the American Sugar Cane League, the industry has expanded to record acreage, tonnage and raw sugar production in the 21st century. By Jim Simon, Manager American Sugar Cane League…
Retired League Agronomist Windell Jackson Memorialized
Windell Jackson, a retired agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL), has died. Windell retired in 2014 as the senior agronomist with the ASCL after 41 years of service. He was first mentioned in the Sugar Bulletin on May 15, 1973 as an assistant agronomist under Lloyd Lauden, agronomist and field representative, and agronomist Howard J. Robichaux. He…
Vintage Julien cane planter set for River Road African American Museum
Baton Rouge Advocate reporter Ellyn Couvillion penned this news story about the donation of an old Julien cane planter to the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville. Here's the beginning of her story: A vintage sugarcane planting machine — one of 154 made by the Louisianan whose invention ended cane-planting's back-breaking hand labor — has been brought back…
