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CHEAP SUGAR from Mexico, owing more to government subsidies than the region’s lower labor costs, hurts workers in the sugar industry here in this country. (American Sugar Cane League)

Duty deposits put on Mexican sugar

Wed, 08/27/2014 - 12:57pm Ken Grissom

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) this week said Mexican sugar subsidies are giving Mexico’s sugar mills an unfair trade advantage.

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LEVERT ST. JOHN – The Louisiana Sugarcane Cooperative sugar mill running around the clock in this 2012 photo. In 2013, sugarcane growers in the parish produced a 240 million pound of sugar on 31,347 acres, accounting for a gross farm value of nearly $34 million.(Doug LaFleur)

The 52nd St. Martin Parish Sugarcane Field Day is set for July 25

Thu, 07/17/2014 - 11:33am Ken Grissom

The 52nd annual St. Martin Parish Sugarcane Field Day has been scheduled for this Friday, July 25.
The program will begin with registration 1-2 p.m. at the Levert St. John tractor shed near St. Martinville, followed by a field tour.

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St. Martin 4-H program receives Walmart grant

Tue, 07/15/2014 - 2:11pm Ken Grissom

The St. Martin Parish 4-H program has been awarded an $8,000 Louisiana Fit 4 the Future Walmart Healthy Living Grant for the 2014-2015 year.

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July 25 deadline to apply for NCRS migratory bird program

Fri, 07/11/2014 - 4:53pm Ken Grissom

Bart Devillier, district conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in St. Martin and Lafayette Parishes, encourages agricultural producers to consider enrolling a portion of their land in NRCS’s Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI).

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Jim Simon

All that sweetens is not sugar

Tue, 06/24/2014 - 2:56pm Ken Grissom

Louisiana sugarcane farmers get frustrated nearly every time an article about “sugar” is published because the authors tend to target sugar as “the problem” in our diets.

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News, Sports and Entertainment for St. Martin Parish, La.

Duty deposits put on Mexican sugar

The 52nd St. Martin Parish Sugarcane Field Day is set for July 25

St. Martin 4-H program receives Walmart grant

July 25 deadline to apply for NCRS migratory bird program

All that sweetens is not sugar

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