The American Sugar Cane League has hired Cheryl Michelet who will be the next public relations director in the organization. She will work closely with Sam Irwin who recently announced his retirement from the League in February of 2025 after 13 years of service. Michelet...
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Agronomist Katie Richard joins ASCL staff
Agronomist Katie Richard The American Sugar Cane League has been providing research, governmental and public relations guidance for the Louisiana sugar industry for 102 years. Our partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University has produced positive results. Over the last...
Louisiana rum making a name in the spirit world
Louisiana's sugarcane is now being used to make rum. Louisiana is a leading American producer of sugarcane. Sugarcane is a tropical plant that typically has a growing season of 12 months or longer, but our enterprising sugarcane growers and millers have learned how to grow...
Farmers go to Washington
Plaquemine cane producer Patrick Frischhertz in U.S. House Ag Committee Meeting Room Louisiana’s sugar farmers and millers have been producing a reliable source of America’s favorite ingredient for centuries but so have our foreign competitors. Our producers thrive in the face of adversity. We grow...
Sugarcane Ripener Response in a Drought Year
Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses sugarcane ripener response in the 2023 drought year at the Louisiana division meeting of the American Association of Sugar Cane Technologists in February 2024 in Baton Rouge. Sugarcane Ripener Response in a Drought Year FacebookTweet
Insoluble Starch Contributes to Lower Sugar Exhaustion from Molasses
Dr. Gillian Eggleston of the Audubon Sugar Insitute-LSU AgCenter discusses issues with starch in the sugarcane milling process at the Baton Rouge joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the Louisiana division of the American Association of Sugar CAne Technologists in February 2024....
Where does sugarcane get water?
Dr. Patrick Ellsworth of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. presents research on the functions of the sugarcane root system at the Baton Rouge joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the Louisiana branch of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists...
Cane producers look forward to 2024
Dr. Kenneth Gravois at the 2024 Lafourche-Terrebonne LSU Sugarcane Growers Meeting Despite 2023’s drought, Louisiana’s landowners, sugarcane producers and millers continue to have confidence in sugarcane in 2024. Kenneth Gravois, the LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist, is not surprised. “There are two factors for the continued...
Refinery Operations & the Effects of Raw Sugar Quality
Elizabeth Mendonca, general manager of the American Sugar Refining in Chalmette, La. discusses raw sugar quality effects on refinery operations at the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists meeting in Baton Rouge, February 6, 2024. Refinery Operations & the Effects of Raw Sugar Quality FacebookTweet
NIR Implementation Update on Louisiana Cane Payment System
Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez and Angela Alarcon-Rodriguez of the Audubon Sugar Institute present an update on the NIR implementation into the Louisiana sugarcane payment system at the Louisiana branch meeting of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists in February 2024 in Baton Rouge. NIR Implementation Update on...
Sugarcane Integrated Breeding System
Post-doctoral research scholar Keo Corak of USDA-ARS Genomics & Bioinformatics Research Unit discusses predictive sugarcane breeding at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists in Baton Rouge in February 2024. Sugarcane Integrated Breeding System FacebookTweet
Louisiana Sugarcane Fertility Update for 2024
Dr. Rich Johnson of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. discusses fertilizer and other soil recommendations at the January 2024 LSU AgCenter sugarcane growers meeting in Napoleonville. Louisiana Sugarcane Fertility Update for 2024 FacebookTweet
