(05/17/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The latest sugarcane variety to be released shows several positive characteristics, including good yields and cold tolerance, according to LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. The variety, HoCP 09-804, is the only release…
As we ease into prime sugarcane growing season, farmers from Rapides Parish all the way to Terrebonne and Calcasieu report good spring stands of sugarcane despite the abnormally wet winter of 2015. It was feared the rutted fields created by the 2015 wet harvest…
Sugar has been used for hundreds of years to make traditional homemade foods. Sugar reacts with the protein in food and gives it a rich appetizing color. Sugar caramelizes when heated and the resulting caramel sauce is used in many confections and baking recipes….
In the past several years, institutional investors and a handful of publicly traded real estate investment trusts have poured millions of dollars into farms in Louisiana and billions into agriculture properties nationwide. The big investment groups, like pension…
The LSU AgCenter and the American Sugar Cane League sponsored an informational seminar on sugar factory operations at the AgCenter Sugarcane Research Station in St. Gabriel on April 20. In addition to an overview of the 2015 sugarcane crop, a variety of other topics…
Regnal Wallace, former broadcaster and Information Director for the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation passed away Wednesday at his home in Crowville after a brief illness. He was 81. Story by Carey Martin, Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Radio Network Wallace is…
Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League, was honored as an outstanding alumnus by the LSU College of Agriculture at an April 8 award ceremony at LSU’s Club at Union Square. Simon, a 1983 graduate with a degree in agricultural mechanizations, worked in the…
Farming successfully in Louisiana was, is, and will always be a challenge. The farmer must not only be a great farmer to survive, he must also be an expert financial manager, a pesticide application genius, a prudent environmentalist, a curious scientist, a savvy…
The American Sugar Cane League membership voted to add H. K. “Kemper” Bubenzer of Bunkie, La. to the organization’s board of directors. Bubenzer was elected to the board at the League’s annual meeting in February. Michael Melancon of Breaux…