The modern era of the Louisiana sugarcane industry began when the sugarcane growers and millers organized the American Sugar Cane League in 1922. At that time, the dreaded mosaic disease had nearly wiped out the crop. To save the industry, the sugar producers began to look for the best varieties and the best scientific minds to set the industry back on a sustainable course.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter is participating in a series of sugarcane meetings to help farmers prepare for the 2021 growing season.
The Louisiana Division of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists will meet virtually Feb. 2 to 3.
Read MoreThe Louisiana sugarcane grinding season has been a long one and very successful. Mills started grinding cane in September with the end coming some four months later. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report.
Read MoreThe 2020-21 Louisiana sugarcane crop is almost complete after four months of grinding, and it appears the crop will set a record. “We’re going to produce almost 2 million tons of sugar. That’s a record for Louisiana,” said Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist.
Read MoreThe start of a new year is a traditional time to make resolutions, and resolving to live healthier is a typical commitment. The way some foods are stocked, shelved and marketed could be undermining the success of those trying to make healthful choices in 2021.
Read MoreForecast higher US beet and cane sugar production more than offset lower imports in 2020-21, raising forecast ending stocks by 111,093 short tons, raw value, and boosting the ending stocks-to-use ratio to 14.4% from 13.5% in December, the US Department of Agriculture said in its Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
Read MoreThis report contains the results from the 2020 December Agricultural Survey.
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