Louisiana Sugarcane

09/05/2026

🌱 Sweeten Your Day goes to Brazil! 🇧🇷

Check out our latest episode of Sweeten Your Day as we share a little from our trip to Brazil!

From seeing sugarcane production in a whole new place to learning how things are done there, it was such a great experience.

Come along with us and see what we learned! 🌾✈️🇧🇷
https://youtu.be/6CWh32CNdB4

09/04/2026

We were proud to welcome USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins and his colleagues to Louisiana sugarcane country to see firsthand the challenges our growers and millers are facing with pasture mealybug.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to showcase our industry, our growers, and the hard work that goes into producing Louisiana sugarcane.

Thank you to USDA for listening, learning, and partnering with us as we work together to find solutions and protect the future of our sugarcane industry.

09/03/2026

Sugarcane planting season is here! 🚜🌾 Through the fall, sugarcane farmers in Florida and Louisiana will be out in the fields laying the foundation for their next crop. Farmers typically get 3 to 4 crops from one planting since sugarcane will regrow year after year.

When it’s time to plant sugarcane, the tall stalks are cut in one field and then used to grow the next crop on another field. Check out this process in action on the Landry Farm in Louisiana.

Let’s grow something great!

09/03/2026

Just 35 acres to go!

Sugarcane farmer Ricky Gonsoulin is almost finished planting at his New Iberia farm.

After recent storms caused lodging in his fields, Ricky switched to billet planting, using smaller portions of the stalk rather than the whole stalks to get this year's crop in the ground.

Now, it's on to the next milestone: 24 days until harvest begins.

The countdown is on!

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Last week, we shared pictures sent by Freddy Sanchez Lopez of sugarcane planting in New Iberia. Tonight, enjoy this video he sent from the same field.

Looks like potential rain clouds in the sky, a welcome sight during planting but not so much when harvest begins.

08/29/2026

As more sugarcane farmers begin the planting process, let's end the week with an overhead view of what that process looks like.

08/28/2026

$4.5 billion. Two major fertilizer investments. One big day for Louisiana agriculture.

On the same day, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Congresswoman Julia Letlow, Governor Jeff Landry and other leaders gathered in Louisiana for major announcements that could strengthen America’s domestic fertilizer supply.

For Louisiana farmers, especially our sugarcane growers, that could mean a more resilient supply chain for the nutrients needed to grow our crops.

We take a closer look at what these investments could mean for Louisiana agriculture. 👇
https://www.amscl.org/sugar-news/a-stronger-fertilizer-supply-starts-in-louisiana/

08/27/2026

Thank you to Freddy Sanchez Lopez for these beautiful photos capturing sugarcane planting in New Iberia!

Sugarcane planting is a fascinating process. Growers begin by clearing old crop residue, preparing the soil and creating raised rows and furrows to provide the drainage sugarcane needs to thrive.

Healthy stalks are selected from mature crops to serve as seed cane. Growers can plant whole stalks or chopped sections called billets. The cane is placed in the furrows, covered with soil and lightly firmed.

And here’s one of the amazing things about sugarcane: it can regenerate naturally from its root system, allowing a field to produce new crops for three to five years before it needs to be replanted.

From planting to harvest, there’s a lot of science, skill and care behind every acre of Louisiana sugarcane.

08/26/2026

We loved these pictures of Pointe Coupee Parish Sugar Queen learning about sugarcane planting from the 2026 King Sucrose.

George LaCour, Jr. is a fourth-generation sugarcane farmer in Pointe Coupee Parish and gave Queen Caroline a hands-on experience in planting sugarcane.

It's all hands on deck as planting season is underway in the cane belt!