Sam Irwin, Author at American Sugar Cane League

Lacour is Co-Op Leader of the Year

June 9, 2022
Sam Irwin
photographs, Video

Sugarcane grower George Lacour of Morganza was recognized as the "Co-Op Leader of the Year" by the Louisiana Council of Farmer Cooperatives.Lacour received the recognition at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Pointe Coupee Parish Sugarcane Field Day. Pictured is Lennie Waguespack, Lacour and Clay Hebert. Sugarcane...

As La. sugarcane belt grows, so does AgCenter research, outreach

As Louisiana’s sugarcane acreage expands, farmers and scientists are learning more about how the crop performs outside of its traditional growing area. They’re particularly interested in finding varieties that do well under the unique environmental conditions of the sugarcane belt’s northern and western fringes, where...

American Sugar Cane League adds funds to scholarship to honor late agronomist Windell Jackson

Windell Jackson In four decades as an agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League, Windell Jackson had a profound impact on the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Jackson died in March at the age of 74. To honor his contributions to the industry, the League recently added...

Producing Sugar Sustainably on Earth Day, and Every Day

Keith Dugas Earth Day is a day to celebrate our planet and bring awareness to the part that we all play in making the world a more sustainable place. As stewards of the land, sugar farmers have been investing in a healthier planet for generations....

Sugar factory operators hear updates on research

(04/11/22) ST. GABRIEL, La. — The LSU AgCenter and the American Sugar Cane League sponsored an annual informational seminar on sugar factory operations at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel on March 31. In addition to an overview of the processing of the...

Raw Sugar Factories Success Means Stronger Cane Industry

April 11, 2022
Sam Irwin
Press Releases

The sugarcane industry has remained sustainable in Louisiana for more than 200 years. Thanks to progressive attitudes among the cane producers and millers who banded together in 1922 to form the American Sugar Cane League, the industry has expanded to record acreage, tonnage and raw...

Retired League Agronomist Windell Jackson Memorialized

April 4, 2022
Sam Irwin
ASCL StaffPress Releases, Press Releases

Windell Jackson Windell Jackson, a retired agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL), has died. Windell retired in 2014 as the senior agronomist with the ASCL after 41 years of service. He was first mentioned in the Sugar Bulletin on May 15, 1973 as...

Vintage Julien cane planter set for River Road African American Museum

March 14, 2022
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

Julien planter at work. Photo provided by the Leonard Julien family. Baton Rouge Advocate reporter Ellyn Couvillion penned this news story about the donation of an old Julien cane planter to the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville. Here's the beginning of her story:...

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

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...

LSU AgCenter graduate students awarded fellowships

March 11, 2022
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), ASCL Press Release

Seven LSU AgCenter graduate students received fellowships funded by the Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists at the February 2022 joint meeting of the ASSCT and American Sugar Cane League. Dr. Luke Laborde, interim vice president and interim dean of the...

VIDEO: Evaporator Scale in Louisiana Factories

March 9, 2022
Sam Irwin
Video

Evaporator Scale in Louisiana Factories Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses the characterization of evaporator scale in Louisiana sugarcane factories and dissolution tests at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Suga Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge,...

PODCAST: Evaporator Scale in Louisiana Factories

March 9, 2022
Sam Irwin
Podcast

PODCAST: Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses the characterization of evaporator scale in Louisiana sugarcane factories and dissolution tests at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Suga Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge, La. February 2022.

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