2021 LSU AgCenter Winter Meeting: Sugarcane Physiology
Sugarcane Physiology with Dr. Patrick Ellsworth
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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.
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2021 Louisiana Sugarcane Winter Meeting: Sugarcane Crop Summary 2020 Part 2
Sugarcane Crop Summary 2020 Part 2 with Dr. Kenneth Gravois
Trash, trespassing becoming issue for sugar cane farmers
Debris illegally dumped in a sugarcane field. Photo by Iberia Parish Sheriff's office. Reporter Dwayne Fatherree of the Daily Iberian interviewed several Louisiana sugarcane farmers and found an unnecessary headache that plagues the producers is illegal dumping. Here's Fatheree's report. As the sugar cane harvest...
Pecan Pie: A Louisiana Classic
Pecan Pie: A Louisiana Classic! This recipe on the side of the Steen's Pure Cane Syrup label has been a Bayou State favorite for generations. It combines two Louisiana staples, cane syrup and pecans! You can't go wrong with this holiday classic. 1/4 cup butter...
Living on a prayer
Louisiana sugarcane harvest 2020, Lacour Farm, Pointe Coupee There's a funny saying about Louisiana weather: if you don't like it, stick around, it'll change in an hour or two. You could be wearing Bermuda shorts Friday night at a football game and then bundle up...
Raising Cane
Raising Cane by writer Shane Mitchell is one of the feature stories in the November issue of the Bitter Southerner. The story is about growing sugarcane in the South and features interviews with sugarcane farmer Patrick Frischhertz of St. Louis Planting in Iberville Parish and...
Kenneth Gravois: Sweet Success of Sugarcane
Researchers have been conducting sugarcane research in Louisiana for over a hundred years. Sugarcane is a $1 billion industry in Louisiana and AgCenter-developed varieties that produce well in the state's temperate climate has contributed to industry economic success. Kenneth Graovis: Sweet Success of Sugarcane TweetFacebook
Success of La. sugarcane industry depends on cane varieties
LSU AgCenter sugarcane breeder Collins Kimbeng, left, and sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois, right, hold a tray of sugarcane seedlings at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel on April 12, 2019. In parishes across south Louisiana, fall signals the start of “grinding season” —...
Podcast of 2020 LSU AgCenter Virtual Sugarcane Field Tour Available
Ken Gravois, LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Specialist Podcasts of the various talks by LSU AgCenter sugarcane researchers at the 2020 Virtual Sugarcane Field Day are now available in podcast form at LaCane.buzzsprout.com/ and other podcasting platforms. Because of pandemic restrictions, the LSU AgCenter hosted its sugarcane...
The Farming Network
Representative Vickie Hartzler, and sugarcane farmers Gertrude Lacour Hawkins, Reid Engemann and Patrick Frischhertz. Production farmers, sugarcane producers included, generally do their work in the fields and don’t necessarily come into contact with a lot of folks outside their agricultural sphere. By Jim Simon American...
Laura’s impact on sugarcane minimal
Wind-damaged sugarcane near Grosse Tete. Photo by Olivia McClure, LSU AgCenter. Sugarcane farmers and millers held their collective breath last month when a double whammy of hurricanes threatened Louisiana. By Jim Simon Manager, American Sugar Cane League Hurricane Marco was a bust, but Hurricane Laura...
Louisiana sugarcane crop escapes extensive damage
Water stands in a field of New Iberia farmer Ricky Gonsoulin’s sugarcane, which suffered wind damage from Hurricane Laura. (09/03/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — One week after Hurricane Laura came ashore, Louisiana’s sugarcane crop is still showing some signs of the storm, but the damage...
