Louisiana Sugarcane News

 Dr. Niranjan Baisakh talks about utilizing molecular markers in sugarcane breeding at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La. 

 Entomologist Blake Wilson discusses insect pests at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La. 

Dr. Jeff Hoy of the LSU AgCenter talks about billet planting at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane field day at the LSU Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel, La.

Agronomist Herman Waguespack Jr of the American Sugar Cane League talks billet planting at the 2022 LSU AgCenter sugarcane field day at the Sugarcane Research Farm in St. Gabriel, La. 

 Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses the use of drones for weed control and other applications in Louisiana sugarcane at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Sugarcane Field Day in St. Gabriel, La.  (A video of this presentation is available at LaCane.org).

Sugar Producer Keith Dugas on fertilizing techniques and nitrogen reduction strategies.

American Sugar Cane League Agronomist Atticus Finger discusses 2022 Louisiana Sugarcane Variety Choices

 LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Dr. Kenneth Gravois speaks to the growers at the 2022 LSU AgCenter Assumption Parish Sugarcane Field Day - July 13, 2022. 

 Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez discusses "Factory Methods to Measure the Moisture Content of Press Cane in Louisiana" at the February 2022 joint meeting of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists and American Sugar Cane League. 

 Stephania Imbachi-Ordonez of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses the characterization of evaporator scale in Louisiana sugarcane factories and dissolution tests at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Suga Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge, La. February 2022. 

 Dr. Jeff Hoy of the LSU AgCenter and Herman Waguespack, research director of the American Sugar Cane League, report on billet planting in the Louisiana sugarcane industry at the annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugarcane Technologists. 

 Evan Terrel of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans presents "The effect of harvest weather on molasses purity and target purity difference" at the 2022 joint meeting of the American Society of Sugarcane Technologists and American Sugar Cane League. 

 Dr. Gillian Eggleston of the Audubon Sugar Institute discusses how glyphosate and Moddus ripeners affect starch concentrations in Louisiana Sugarcane Varieties. 

 Dr. Ann Hale of the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit in Houma, La. talks about the Louisiana sugarcane breeding program at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge (Februrary 2022). 

 Allison Crittenden, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation, discusses ag labor and immigration at the joint meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge on February 8, 2022 

 American Sugar Cane League agronomist Wilson Judice talks about research in fertilizer application alternatives for reduced tillage systems in sugarcane at the February 8-9 2022 annual meeting of the American Sugar Cane League and American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists in Baton Rouge, La. 

 Dr. Rob Johansson of the American Sugar Alliance addresses the American Sugar League annual meeting February 8, 2022 in Baton Rouge, La. 

Dr. Al Orgeron of the LSU AgCenter discusses weed control in sugarcane at a February 2022 grower meeting in Breaux Bridge, La.

Dr. Ken Gravois of the LSU AgCenter presents a review of the 2021-22 Louisiana sugarcane crop at a grower meeting in Breaux Bridge, La. on February 1, 2022. A video of the slide show is available at www.LaCane.org/videos.

Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League, discusses issues that affect Louisiana sugarcane growers and millers at a grower meeting in Breaux Bridge,  La. on February 1, 2022.