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You've found Sugarcane in the News, the home of the official American Sugar Cane League press releases and other news stories about the sugar industry. In this section you will find links to the Sugar News, our email newsletter about the the people who have made sugarcane the Louisiana's number one crop for more than two centuries. You can sign up to receive the Sugar News in your mailbox here.

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.

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

Don’t offshore our American family farms

Dr. Robert Johansson, American Sugar Alliance Recent media reports cite a flawed Government Accountability Office report on the American sugar industry as a reason to gut the farm bill's sugar policy. Dr. Rob Johansson, director of Economics and Policy Analysis of the American Sugar Alliance,...

January 26, 2024
Sam Irwin
Podcast, Video

Louisiana state climatologist Jay Grymes of WAFB-TV on weather issues affecting the sugarcane industry at the LSU AgCenter's 2024 winter sugarcane grower meeting in Napoleonville. Louisiana State Climatologist on 2023/24 Weather FacebookTweet

January 22, 2024
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release

Some Louisiana farmers were still harvesting sugarcane the first week of January 2024. All harvesting activities wrapped up on January 9. The Louisiana Sugarcane Industry has now completed 229 years of commercial sugar production. Considering it’s the northernmost sugarcane growing region in the world, that’s...

A raw sugar warehouse at Raceland Raw Sugar in Raceland, La. At the end of a Louisiana sugarcane harvest season, this warehouse and dozens of others in the state will be packed with two million tons of sugar. Recently, big corporate candy executives have been...

The Mississippi River levee in front of retired sugarcane farmer George “Scrap” Hymel’s Gramercy, Louisiana home has been the site of a Christmas Eve bonfire for 53 years. Hymel saw his last bonfire in 2022; he passed away on December 30, 2022. But for the...

The vision of the 1922 founders of the American Sugar Cane League was to seek out the best scientific research available. They forged a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University. Louisiana’s sugarcane industry found new vigor after the establishment...

November 30, 2023
Sam Irwin
Press Releases, Recipes!

Louisiana sugarcane farmers and millers work with urgency through the holidays to get the crop to the mill. Photo by Sally Ramagos Thanksgiving heralded in the holiday season and most folks will be celebrating the traditional autumn rituals by expressing gratitude for their good fortune....

November 20, 2023
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release, Video

The Alma Sugarcane Mill in action during the 2023 Louisiana sugarcane harvest. The mill makes raw sugar from sugarcane juice. Alma Sugarcane Mill, Lakeland, La. FacebookTweet

Beyond the Bayou: Advancing Plant Science in a Diverse and Changing Agricultural Region For the first time, the Plant Science Symposium affiliated with the Corteva Symposia Series is being held at Louisiana State University and supported by Corteva Agriscience. About the Symposium The Beyond the...

October 30, 2023
Sam Irwin
Media News Report

Charles Gravois Sr. Family 2016 Charles Maurice Gravois, Sr., age 95, of Vacherie, Louisiana passed away on October 25, 2023. He was born in Vacherie on June 23, 1928, to Ozane J., Sr. and Louise Brazan Gravois and was the youngest son in a family...

October 26, 2023
Sam Irwin
Video

Here's a cool look at how a sugarcane wagon gets unloaded at Westfield Sugar Factory in Paintcourtville, La. Westfield Sugar Factory, Paincourtville, La. FacebookTweet

October 12, 2023
Sam Irwin
ASCL Press Release

On Saturday, October 14, the American Sugar Cane League alongside the collective national sugar industry will celebrate the people and the plants that make real sugar possible on the second annual National Real Sugar Day. Last year, the American Sugar Cane League (which represents the...

Check back frequently to stay up to date on breaking news, legislative issues and other important information about the sugar industry.

Don’t offshore our American family farms

Louisiana State Climatologist on 2023/24 Weather

2023 Louisiana Sugarcane Crop Summary

There is No Sugar Supply Shortage in the United States. Period.

River Parish Christmas bonfire tradition honors sugarcane

Sugar Association works for Louisiana sugarcane

Holiday Rituals

Alma Sugarcane Mill, Lakeland, La.

LSU Plant Science Symposium Registration Open

In Memorian Charles Maurice Gravois, Sr.

Westfield Sugar Factory, Paincourtville, La.

Sugar Industry Celebrates Through Giving this National Real Sugar Day