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Sprayer Drone Use and Utilization in Louisiana Agriculture

The Louisiana sugarcane industry has persevered for more than 225 years, even though it is a tropical crop is growing in a temperate environment. Growers regularly face a challenging climate, which includes the threat of early winter freezes before the crop is harvested. An early...

Raising Cane In Louisiana

April 20, 2024
Sam Irwin
Video

Louisiana has been growing sugarcane and producing sugar for more than 200 years. Here's how we do it. Raising Cane In Louisiana TweetFacebook

Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Louisiana Sugarcane

April 18, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), Podcast, Video

Weed scientist Dr. Matt Foster of the LSU AgCenter discusses herbicide-resistant weeds in Louisiana sugarcane at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge in February 2024. Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Louisiana Sugarcane...

Cold-tolerant sugarcane, better berries, precision breeding is making it possible

LSU AgCenter sugarcane breeder Collins Kimbeng stands amidst potential new sugarcane varieties, which are now seedlings at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel. Photo by Kyle Peveto/LSU AgCenter In a pocket of central Louisiana, a surprising crop for that area is taking root...

Sugarcane Ripener Response in a Drought Year

April 5, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), Podcast, Research Presentation, Video

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

Where does sugarcane get water?

March 26, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), ASCL Press Release, Podcast, Research Presentation, Video

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

March 19, 2024
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release, Press Releases, Sugar News

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

March 19, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), ASCL Press Release, Podcast, Research Presentation, Video

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

March 14, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), ASCL Press Release, Podcast, Press Releases, Research Presentation, Video

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...

Sugar Farmers Host D.C. Fly-in This Week

Patrick Frischhertz, Louisiana sugarcane producer The nation’s sugar farmers were in Washington, D.C. in February and March as part of the American Sugar Alliance annual fly-in. Patrick Frischhertz, a member of the American Sugar Cane League National Legislative Committee and a Louisiana farmer, says the...

Sugarcane Integrated Breeding System

February 22, 2024
Sam Irwin
American Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ASSCT), Podcast, Research Presentation, Video

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

No Valentine: Candy Companies Push False “Sugar Shortage” Story at the Expense of American Farmers

This Valentine’s Day, hardworking American farmers Neil Rockstad and Brad Lundy are setting the record straight on the false and harmful narrative that there is a ‘sugar shortage.’ Neil is a fourth-generation sugarbeet farmer, he farms with this family in Ada, Minnesota. Brad is a...

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