Sugarcane

LSU AgCenter plans winter sugarcane meetings

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
The LSU AgCenter is participating in a series of sugarcane meetings to help farmers prepare for the 2021 growing season. A meeting for Bayou Teche area growers will be held Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. To join that virtual meeting, contact LSU AgCenter county agent Blair Hebert at bherbert@agcenter.lsu.edu.

Sugarcane planting off to successful start

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 14, 2020
Good weather has allowed sugarcane farmers to get started planting their new crop. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois said July was wet. “These first two weeks in August have been drier, and people have made tremendous progress.

Sugarcane harvest doing well at halfway point

Harlan Kirgan
Sunday, November 19, 2017
The 2017 Louisiana sugarcane crop is meeting expectations as the harvest approaches the halfway point. “Tonnage is good, and sugar recovery is good,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. “For both of them to be good in the same year is rare. Everybody is really pleased.