The LSU AgCenter and the American Sugar Cane League sponsored an annual informational seminar on sugar factory operations at the AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel on March 31.
In addition to an overview of the processing of the 2021 Louisiana sugarcane crop, a variety of other topics were discussed, said Gillian Eggleston, director of the Audubon Sugar Institute, which was founded in 1885.
Read MoreWindell Jackson, a retired agronomist with the American Sugar Cane League (ASCL), has died.
Windell retired in 2014 as the senior agronomist with the ASCL after 41 years of service.
Read MoreFluctuating prices have growers looking for creative ways to manage weeds in sugarcane and identify any populations that may have built up a resistance to the current herbicides.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022.
Read MoreNational Agriculture Day is an annual day to celebrate the American farmer. In America, we spend a smaller proportion of our household income on food than any other developed country. A safe, affordable food supply with amazing variety and unequaled distribution is something to celebrate.
Read MoreU.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.
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