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.
The American Sugar Cane League’s Variety Release Committee unanimously approved the release of two new varieties, Ho 12-615 and L 12-201, for commercial planting in the summer of 2019. The committee is composed of representative researchers from the United States…
(04/16/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Each spring, representatives from Louisiana sugarcane mills hear results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute. During the factory operations seminar on April 11, researchers from the institute provided the sugar mill management…
Several Louisiana sugarcane farmers recently completed "fly-ins” to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressional leaders and staffers and other movers and shakers of American farm policy. These fly-ins are a laborious undertaking. They are three solid days of early breakfast…
As America's love affair with sugar continues, Louisiana sugarcane production is expected tofeed its voracious appetite, closingin on 500,000 acres, experts say.But it's harder to say what this year's harvest will yield."A lot of things go into a good crop,"…
(03/13/19) BATON ROUGE, La. — Savoie Industries LLC has created an endowment to support an LSU College of Agriculture intern at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station. Mike Daigle, CEO of Savoie Industries, said his family wanted to support the…
Dr. Al Orgeron is the LSU AgCenter weed expert. He conducts a variety of experiments with herbicides to control weed populations in Louisiana’s sugarcane fields. He reports several times a year to the farming community. The Louisiana Sugarcane News Podcast…
Fifty-seven sugar factories have closed since the 1980s due to low prices, contributing to the loss of 100,000 sugar jobs. In fact, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics stopped tracking "sugar manufacturing” as a job category in 2008 due…
Jim Wiesemeyer, a policy analyst for Pro Farmer, has interviewed every president on agroeconomic issues since Jimmy Carter. Jim was the featured speaker at the American Sugar Cane League's annual meeting in Baton Rouge on February 5, 2019. LISTEN TO…
Jack Pettus is the American Sugar Cane League’s Washington Representative. Jack came down to Louisiana for the League’s Annual Meeting in Baton Rouge and gave this Washington Update report to the gathered Louisiana sugar producers. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
The American Sugar Cane League, which represents the Louisiana sugarcane industry, wholeheartedly supports "zero-for-zero” legislation to reform and replace the current no-cost sugar policy. Louisiana congressional representatives Garret Graves (R) of Baton Rouge and Clay Higgins (R) of Lafayette have…
LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Specialist Dr. Kenneth Gravois presents a wrap-up of the 2018 sugarcane harvest at the January 18, 2019 Iberville Parish growers' meeting. LISTEN TO THE PODCASTPhoto by Sam Irwin, American Sugarcane League Public Relations DirectorSugarcane researchers harvest the…
The 2018 Louisiana sugarcane harvest resulted in record yield in terms of tonnage but a reduced sugar recovery from last year.By Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter "When it’s all said and done, we should make the same amount of sugar, which…
