USDA Archives - American Sugar Cane League

You've found Sugarcane in the News, the home of the official American Sugar Cane League press releases and other news stories about the sugar industry. In this section you will find links to the Sugar News, our email newsletter about the the people who have made sugarcane the Louisiana's number one crop for more than two centuries. You can sign up to receive the Sugar News in your mailbox here.

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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American Sugar Cane League Announces New Variety Highlighting Successful Research Partnership

THIBODAUX, LA – The American Sugar Cane League, in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the LSU AgCenter, has announced the release of USDS ARS HoCP 18-803, another new variety for Louisiana sugarcane farmers to utilize. This...

March 17, 2023
Sam Irwin
USDA

Brian Guidry The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the new appointees who will serve on the Louisiana USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. Among them was sugarcane farmer Brian Guidry of Erath. Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of...

August 17, 2022
Sam Irwin
USDA, Video

The United State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and its Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. has been leading sugarcane research and variety development using breeding, genomics, precision ag techniques, integrated pest management, soil science and plant physiology for more than 100 years. The...

March 14, 2022
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release

USDA Researchers use this grow house located in Schriever, La. to crossbreed sugarcane varieties. Randy Romero, president of the American Sugar Cane League, said the $10 million in federal funding U.S. Congressman Garret Graves secured for the government’s Sugarcane Research Unit in Schriever will go...

February 22, 2022
Sam Irwin
Podcast

PODCAST: Dr. Ann Hale of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. talks about the Louisiana sugarcane breeding program at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge (Februrary 2022). TweetFacebook

February 22, 2022
Sam Irwin
Video

Dr. Ann Hale of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. talks about the Louisiana sugarcane breeding program at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge (Februrary 2022). Basic Breeding's Impact...

January 12, 2022
Sam Irwin
Press Releases, Sugar News

Mike Grisham, USDA sugarcane research leader retired after 37 years of service to the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Dr. Michael Grisham, Research Leader of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, Louisiana has retired. Grisham first came to Louisiana in 1984 to...

April 28, 2021
Sam Irwin
photographs

Seedling planting 2021 American Sugar Cane League agronomists team up with variety breeding researchers at the USDA and LSU AgCenter sugarcane farms to place parent plants in special greenhouses to flower for pollination and seed production. Those seeds are planted at the experimental farms, numerically...

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

(05/31/18) BATON ROUGE, La. — Through the joint efforts of the LSU AgCenter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Sugar Cane League, a new sugarcane variety called L 11-183 has been released for the 2018 planting season. AgCenter sugarcane breeder Collins Kimbeng said...

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

American Sugar Cane League Announces New Variety Highlighting Successful Research Partnership

Erath cane farmer among USDA appointees to the Louisiana Farm Service Agency State Committee

USDA Agricultural Research Service Leads Sugarcane Research & Variety Development

ASCL: $10 million for USDA’s Sugarcane Research Unit in Schriever

PODCAST: Basic Breeding’s Impact on Commercial Sugarcane Variety Releases

Basic Breeding’s Impact on Commercial Variety Releases

USDA sugarcane researcher retires after 37 years

Experimental Seedling Planting 2021

Photo Gallery from the 2018 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel

New sugarcane variety released for 2018 planting