U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) has secured $10 million in federal funding for the Louisiana-based U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Service Sugarcane Program. The funding will support the agricultural workforce and modernize sugarcane research to create efficiencies – yielding even greater results for one of Louisiana’s top agriculture products.
Read MoreLouisiana’s sugarcane growers and millers cast their eyes towards Washington D.C. as Dr. Rob Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis at the American Sugar Alliance (ASA), testified before the House Committee on Agriculture March 1 on the importance of supporting America’s sugar farmers, producers, and sugar supply chain by maintaining a strong U.S. sugar policy in the 2023 Farm Bill.
Read MoreThe World Trade Organization (WTO) announced earlier this week that trade ministers and negotiators from around the globe will convene the week of June 13 for its 12th Ministerial Conference.
Read MoreU.S. sugar producers keep America reliably stocked with affordable sugar, thanks to the stability provided by U.S. sugar policy, said Dr. Rob Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis at the American Sugar Alliance (ASA), in remarks at today’s Agricultural Outlook Forum, hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Read MoreIn the United States, nearly half of all domestically produced sugar comes from sugarbeets and the other half comes from sugarcane. In December 2021, I had the exciting opportunity to travel to Louisiana as a guest of the Sugar Association to experience the sugarcane side of the American sugar industry for the first time.
Read MoreWho do you know that should be featured in Sugar Journal as a Sugar Notable? Nominate that person by March 1 and our Sugar Notable Committee will be paring the names down to a select a group of outstanding sugar industry professionals.
Read MoreIt’s been a decade long dream for the members of the Teche Growers Association to open an agricultural center in downtown New Iberia, and with the recent purchase of property on St. Peter Street the goal is finally coming into fruition.
Read MoreThe American Sugar Cane League, founded in 1922 by a group of Louisiana cane producers and millers, celebrated the beginning of its 100th year of service to the cane industry on February 8 at its annual meeting at L’Auberge Hotel and Casino in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreRobert Johansson and Allison Crittenden, two nationally recognized experts on American sugar policy and farm bill issues, will address the February 8 meeting of the American Sugar Cane League at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreThe Louisiana State University AgCenter Sugar Research Station breeds and tests hundreds of varieties of sugarcane to boost yield and resistance to pests and diseases.
Read MoreLSU AgCenter researchers have recently been awarded three U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants totaling more than $1.5 million to study diseases and pests destructive to some of the state’s most important crops — rice, sugarcane and soybeans.
Read MoreScientists from Embrapa Agroenergia in Brazil have developed the first sugarcane varieties edited using CRISPR gene editing technology. The edited sugarcane varieties are called Cana Flex I and Cana Flex II. The respective distinctive features are easier cell wall digestibility and higher sucrose concentration in plant tissues.
Read MoreWhen Bobbie Johnson and James Williams were students at Baton Rouge’s McKinley High, they never envisioned one day owning an alcohol business.
Read MoreThe Louisiana sugarcane harvest season will be coming to an end soon. Most mills have completed their grinding, with the last mill set to finish Jan. 20. This year’s crop was a lighter one in terms of cane tonnage, but sugar recovery was excellent. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report.
Read MoreThe US Department of Agriculture in its Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report raised from December its forecast of 2021-22 US sugar production, lowered imports and left deliveries unchanged.
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