Louisiana’s sugarcane growers are pleased that the United States House of Representatives maintained current, no-cost sugar policy in the farm bill passed on Thursday, said Jim Simon of the American Sugar Cane League. “Having a strong safety net in place…
Denise Drake grew up one of 11 siblings in Baltimore. At nights, she’d gaze at the iconic Domino Sugar refinery that has long illuminated the city’s Inner Harbor. But, she never realized just how close her home was to the refinery until she came to work…
Agronomist Wilson E. Judice of Centerville, La. has joined the staff of the American Sugar Cane League. The addition of Judice brings the League agronomy staff to three. Supervised by senior agronomist Herman Waguespack Jr., he will monitor the primary and secondary…
Sugarcane, a plant that makes sugar, has been around since 8,000 B.C., but humankind did not learn to make crystallized sugar until 500 B.C. When Alexander the Great had conquered much of Asia in 325 B.C., he learned of sugar and said it was “honey without…
Michael Harper’sfamily has been farming in Cheneyville, a town of about 600, since right after the Civil War. He’s a sixth-generation grower at the northern tip of Louisiana’s sugar country, farming today with his father, uncle and cousin-in-law. In the 153 years…
Traditionally, the harvesting of sugar cane has always been finished by Christmas, but several recent years have pushed the end of harvest well into January. This is one of those years, as experts from the American Sugar Cane League and Buckley “Buck” Kessler,…
Lafourche Sugars Changing with the Times Lafourche Sugars, the sugarcane mill in Thibodaux, represents the changing nature of Louisiana’s 224-year old sugarcane industry. Many folks in the industry are the latest in a long line of sugarcane growers and millers, but…
Louisiana’s sugarcane industry has been a top economic driver in the state for more than 221 years and is celebrating the family farmers who have been farming cane for generations in a series of television ads this harvesting season. The ads will feature three farming…
In medieval times, noble families had specific rules for inheritance. The oldest son inherited the noble title, and more importantly, all of the lands. The best bet for the second son was to become a scholar and learn to make a living by his wits. The third son was…