A new school for Louisiana sugarcane farmers will begin classes this year on the LSU campus, the manager for the American Sugar Cane League said at a series of grower meetings. Jim Simon announced the plan at LSU AgCenter meetings in St. Martinville and Jeanerette for…
The 2016 Louisiana sugarcane season has ended with a record set for the amount of sugar obtained per ton of cane. “Tonnage was really light, but we blew the roof off sugar recovery,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. The average sugar…
While many were opening presents Christmas morning, sugar-cane farmer Ronnie Waguespack was in the field bright and early. Despite a few days of rain, this grinding season was relatively dry. That reflects on the sugar content, Waguespack said, as farmers sent less…
For nearly three months, sugarcane farmers have been harvesting their fields and trying to finish before the New Year. While the crop has been light in terms of tonnage, sugar recovery has been excellent. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has the story. WATCH THE…
Sugar cane season is underway throughout the Teche area, and things seem to be going as well as possible so far for this year despite August’s floods, but uncertainty looms for future crops. “Harvest season is good. It’s been dry,” said Hugh Andre, who owns HMC…
The American Sugar Cane League, in conjunction with Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar and Louisiana Sugar Refining, worked together to donate 12,000 pounds of sugar to the flood-stricken Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, said Jim Simon, manager of the League. “We…
The relatively dry weather forecast this week was exactly what sugar-cane farmers needed. Story by Emma Discher, Daily Comet (Thibodaux) The planting season has been “very rough,” according to Thibodaux-based American Sugar Cane League Senior Agronomist Herman…
Every farming generation has new advances and challenges Farming in the Teche Area is perhaps one of the most visible industries and the one with the most longevity. Generations of family growers have contributed to an industry that has thrived for more than 200 years…
The agriculture industry is an ever-evolving entity. Through its existence few aspects have remained unchanged. In South Louisiana, the amount of roles involved in running a successful sugar cane farm or mill has increased. And the people who fill those roles, well,…