Farm safety is of paramount concern now that sugarcane planting is in full swing and the motoring public needs to be aware, said Mike Daigle, president of the American Sugar Cane League. “Right now farmers are in the fields cutting seed cane for planting and…
The American Sugar Cane League, on behalf of Louisiana sugar cane growers and processors, successfully petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create a "Seasonal Boiler" subcategory to the Area Source Boiler Rule to avoid a disproportionate…
The American Sugar Cane League unveiled a new “Louisiana Sugar Cane Family” sign that will be available to sugarcane farmers and millers but also to the general public, said League president Mike Daigle. The two-tone verdant green sign features the Louisiana…
The 2012 sugarcane harvest and milling season is running at peak production levels and farmers and millers are rushing to bring in the crop, but cane researchers methodically continue to look for ways to lessen the impact and possibly eliminate the need for field…
The American Sugar Cane League (ASCL) passed a resolution encouraging the United States Army Corps of Engineers to look at ways to protect sugarcane and other agricultural farmland in Louisiana’s Sugar Belt. In recent years sugarcane farmers have suffered from…
NEW IBERIA, LA.- When ancient farmers planted their crops, they paid homage to God, and they have been doing so ever since. Catholicism and sugarcane have been linked ever since the Jesuits prayed for sugarcane success when they first planted the crop in the Bayou…
If it’s September in south Louisiana, a lot of wonderful traditions are taking place. There is football season, of course! Also, who doesn’t love the beginning of gumbo weather? And don’t forget the sugarcane harvest. This is the time that the…
When the Iberville Parish sandbag machine was failing to keep up with demand from residents during Hurricane Isaac, area sugarcane farmers stepped up to lend a hand. Iberville Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso Jr. said sandbag demand was outstripping supply. "We…
NEW IBERIA, La. – The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair Association announced today that New Iberia sugarcane farmer Daniel E. Gonsoulin will reign as King Sucrose LXXI over the 2012 Sugar Cane Festival Sept. 27-30. Gonsoulin, the head of a…