(09/11/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU AgCenter has appointed Jeff Hoy as the new resident coordinator at its Sugar Research Station at St. Gabriel. Hoy, who is a plant pathologist, has been employed by the AgCenter for the past 35 years. He said in this new position,…
Commercially grown sugarcane in Louisiana is a large grass with a complex genetic background derived from four different species within the genus Saccharum. The stalks of sugarcane store sucrose, which has pleased the palate of humankind for countless generations. By…
(08/20/19) ALEXANDRIA, La. — The fields at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center have seen all sorts of crop trials over the years — but never any involving sugarcane. Story by LSU AgCenter Write Olivia McClure That’s because the facility is located…
“The growers got together then and decided they wanted to control their own fate and destiny, so they invested and built their own sugar mill,” said St. Mary Sugar mill general manager David Thibodeaux. It just goes to show, when farmers put their mind to…
The international sugar industry is meeting August 2-7, 2019 at the 36th International Sweetener Symposium in Asheville, North Carolina. Here’s the Aug. 5 press release from the American Sugar Alliance, which represents Louisiana and the rest of the American…
The 2019 USDA-Lafourche-Terrebonne Parish Sugarcane Field always draws a good crowd from across the cane belt. After touring the USDA Sugarcane ResearchUnit in Houma, the group repaired to the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office Gun Range Facility for lunch and the…
(07/25/18) ST. MARTINVILLE, La. — With planting just around the corner, sugarcane farmers gathered on July 20 at the LSU AgCenter St. Martin Parish sugarcane field day to hear about research and new technology to help with their crop. AgCenter sugarcane specialist…
Sugarcane farmers, millers and researchers gathered at the LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel to hear the latest in sugarcane research. View the photos… CLICK HERE
The American Sugar Cane League applauded the work of Louisiana’s senators for their role in the passage of the farm bill. “Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy played a critical role in maintaining no-cost sugar policy in the farm bill,” said Jim Simon,…