Louisiana’s sugarcane producers were encouraged following the Louisiana Farm Bureau Sugar Conference at the 2023 Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Convention at the New Orleans Marriott. “Sugar is the top commodity of the year,” said Jeff Dobrydney to the farmers, mill…
The annual meetings of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Louisiana Division held Feb. 6 to 8 at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel in Baton Rouge featured growers, scientists and millers from throughout the state. Al Orgeron,…
The American Sugarcane League and its partner, the Sugar Association (SAI) celebrate October 14, 2022 as the first annual National Real Sugar Day. It’s the day to celebrate real sugar with your sugar producing neighbors in Louisiana as well as the sugarcane industries…
The American Sugar Cane League gave a $2,500 grant to the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville to help defray the cost of a protective shed over the vintage 1965 “Julien” sugarcane planter exhibit at the museum. The planter was restored by the…
(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…
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…
(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…
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….
The American Sugar Cane League, founded in 1922 by a group of Louisiana cane producers and millers, celebrated the beginning of its 100th year of service to the cane industry on February 8 at its annual meeting at L’Auberge Hotel and Casino in Baton Rouge. Robert…