The 2018 Iberia, St. Mary Vermilion LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day. SEE THE PHOTOS
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Catherine LaCour, sugarcane farmer from Pointe Coupee
Catherine LaCour of Pointe Coupee Parish and Joel Gasper of Crookston, Minnesota farm with their families. Here’s the editorial they penned that ran in the Washington Examiner March 6, 2018 about what it’s like to be a sugar farmer today. Their message?…
Sugar Farmers to Congress: Don’t Cut My Family Out of the Farm Bill
Erath sugarcane farmer Charles Guidry and his sons were featured in an advertisement in the Washington D.C. edition of the Wall Street Journal that pleaded with Congress not to “cut them out of the Farm Bill.” Sugar farmers from across the country…
Proud to be a sugarcane farmer
Warren Harang III of Donaldsonville, Greg Nolan of Thibodaux and Ronald Gonsoulin of New Iberia were honored at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League for their years of service to the League and to the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Warren stole the…
Plaquemine sugarcane farmer honored by American Sugar Cane League
Plaquemine sugarcane farmer John Gay was honored by the American Sugar Cane League and received the President’s Award, the highest honor the League bestows upon a member. Charles Schudmak, League president and CEO of Cora-Texas Manufacturing Company Factory in White…
Farmers Blast Anti-Farm Lobbyist
When Kendall Busch learned of a scathing attack on his U.S. Senator for supporting an industry that has meant generations of reliable, good-paying, jobs in Nebraska, he was pretty upset. The Scottsbluff, Nebraska, sugarbeet grower couldn’t believe that someone would…
Louisiana sugar producers support H2C guest worker proposal
As of January 5, Louisiana’s sugarcane producers had processed more than 90 percent of the crop and the harvest was turning out to be exceptional. Tonnage was high and recovered sugar per ton was running just a smidgen below last year’s record sugar recovery. The…
Ghost of Halloween Past
The debate over the future of no-cost sugar policy has been going on longer than most Hill staffers have been alive. And neither the tactics nor the talking points used by the anti-farmer crowd has changed very much over that time. For decades, each Halloween has…
Strong start to 2017 sugar crop harvest
Judging by the first 10 to 15 percent of sugar cane that has made its way to the sugar mills this season, things are looking good for the fall harvest. DAILY IBERIAN NEWS STORY BY DANNY FENSTER Photo: Raw sugar loaded into a Bayou Teche barge from Cajun Sugar Mill…