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.
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…
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…
Randy Romero, president of the American Sugar Cane League, said the $10 million in federal funding U.S. Congressman Garret Graves secured for the government’s Sugarcane Research Unit in Schriever will go a long way to finish building out the rural research farm. “Congressman Garret Graves recognizes the important role sugarcane plays in Louisiana’s economy and we thank him,” Romero…
Seven LSU AgCenter graduate students received fellowships funded by the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists at the February 2022 joint meeting of the ASSCT and American Sugar Cane League. Dr. Luke Laborde, interim vice president and interim dean of the College of Agriculture made the presentation. The students are all full-time graduate students in…
Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses the characterization of evaporator scale in Louisiana sugarcane factories and dissolution tests at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Suga Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge, La. February 2022.
PODCAST: Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses the characterization of evaporator scale in Louisiana sugarcane factories and dissolution tests at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Suga Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge, La. February 2022.
Dr. Jeff Hoy of the LSU AgCenter and Herman Waguespack, research director of the American Sugar Cane League, report on billet planting in the Louisiana sugarcane industry at the annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists.
PODCAST: Dr. Jeff Hoy of the LSU AgCenter and Herman Waguespack, research director of the American Sugar Cane League, report on billet planting in the Louisiana sugarcane industry at the annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists.
Evan Terrel of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans presents "The effect of harvest weather on molasses purity and target purity difference" at the 2022 joint meeting of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists and American Sugar Cane League.
Evan Terrel of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans presents "The effect of harvest weather on molasses purity and target purity difference" at the 2022 joint meeting of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists and American Sugar Cane League.
Louisiana’s sugarcane growers and millers cast their eyes towards Washington D.C. as Dr. Rob Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis at the American Sugar Alliance (ASA), testified before the House Committee on Agriculture March 1 on the importance of supporting America’s sugar farmers, producers, and sugar supply chain by maintaining a strong U.S. sugar policy in the 2023…
Dr. Gillian Eggleston of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses how glyphosate and Moddus ripeners affect starch concentrations in Louisiana sugarcane varieties.
