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Posted on 2/27/23 at 10:52 am to Geauxldilocks
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For now, some corrupt republican in Monroe is ready to write a bill to soak the farmers on their windfall.
Should tax the sugar industry like we do Tabacco.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 10:53 am to LSUdoc71
Louisiana is also number 1 in the USA for crawfish, oysters, shrimp (wild caught), alligators and blue claw crabs. Not sure about different species of fish.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:02 am to goofball
Thats sweet!
Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:05 am to captainpodnuh
quote:Cane baws and beet baws compete for that US gov cheese.
The US Gov manipulates the sugar market to keep prices artificially higher than the global market, while also limiting domestic production. They have to keep the corn growers happy since so much corn syrup is guaranteed into the sweetener market. Link to a good read about how this works.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 11:21 am to White Bear
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Cane baws and beet baws compete for that US gov cheese.
And dem yanks getting more than the dirty south…again
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:30 pm to Lakeboy7
quote:No. That would be hfcs.
Hell yeah, the most unhealthy product from the most unhealthy state!!!!
This post was edited on 2/27/23 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:37 pm to CptEllerby277
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Finally #1 in something!
Yet you still have dipshits on here saying negative stuff about it. This mentality is exactly why Louisiana lags behind. It’s not all about demographics or politics. It’s the residents. There’s such a negative broken mindset among a large fraction of the natives.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:38 pm to inspectweld
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Louisiana is also number 1 in the USA for crawfish, oysters, shrimp (wild caught), alligators and blue claw crabs. Not sure about different species of fish.
Louisiana is also pretty high up on other agriculture like poultry, beef and pork. It’s a big state for Agriculture and Timber. Yet no one gives the state it’s due.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:44 pm to goofball
Need a ticket fixed. If you know someone at the sugar mill in that area you are golden.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:44 pm to turnpiketiger
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Yet you still have dipshits on here saying negative stuff about it. This mentality is exactly why Louisiana lags behind. It’s not all about demographics or politics. It’s the residents. There’s such a negative broken mindset among a large fraction of the natives.
frick off. Sugar is
1. unhealthy
2. terrible for the land it’s grown on
3. Creates bagasse piles for which there is little use
4. Kills natural habitat for tons of native and migratory species
5. Subsidized heavily
6. Cane trucks are dangerous
All for a food that’s not real food.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:44 pm to adam2000
There has been a rapid expansion of sugar cane acreage in Louisiana since 2017.
All of the mills in Louisiana except one (there are 11 total) are south of I10 and had been losing acreage to urban sprawl for years. All of those mills need to operate at capacity to maximize profits. Every time a new subdivision goes up they lose more cane, so 5-6 years ago they made a massive push north. Many farms in Evangeline, Avoyelles, and Rapides Parishes have converted over to cane as a result of this expansion.
All of the acres in Florida that can be in sugar already are, there is no where for them to go, so this expansion finally pushed us to the top.
Source: I own/operate what is now a cane farm, I was part of this expansion.
All of the mills in Louisiana except one (there are 11 total) are south of I10 and had been losing acreage to urban sprawl for years. All of those mills need to operate at capacity to maximize profits. Every time a new subdivision goes up they lose more cane, so 5-6 years ago they made a massive push north. Many farms in Evangeline, Avoyelles, and Rapides Parishes have converted over to cane as a result of this expansion.
All of the acres in Florida that can be in sugar already are, there is no where for them to go, so this expansion finally pushed us to the top.
Source: I own/operate what is now a cane farm, I was part of this expansion.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:47 pm to goofball
Get the government out of it and get our rice and bean acres back in production like they should be.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:48 pm to goofball
But……….unfortunately still gonna stay the brokest.
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:49 pm to Motorboat
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frick off. Sugar is 1. unhealthy 2. terrible for the land it’s grown on 3. Creates bagasse piles for which there is little use 4. Kills natural habitat for tons of native and migratory species 5. Subsidized heavily 6. Cane trucks are dangerous All for a food that’s not real food.
You sound like a total pussy. You probably also hate timber and harvesting pine plantations.
Tobacco is big industry in some other states like Virginia. I don’t personally partake in tobacco but does that mean it’s evil?
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:50 pm to Motorboat
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3. Creates bagasse piles for which there is little use
Don’t they use it as fuel to heat their boilers?
This post was edited on 2/27/23 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:56 pm to Cash
Yes the mills are powered by their own byproduct.
Also sugar is the only commodity that is NOT subsidized by a single taxpayer dollar. It is done through trade suspension agreements. We do not let Mexico, Brazil, India etc. dump their heavily subsidized sugar into our market.
These suspension agreements cost the US taxpayer $0, which cannot be said about any other commodity produced in the US.
Also sugar is the only commodity that is NOT subsidized by a single taxpayer dollar. It is done through trade suspension agreements. We do not let Mexico, Brazil, India etc. dump their heavily subsidized sugar into our market.
These suspension agreements cost the US taxpayer $0, which cannot be said about any other commodity produced in the US.
This post was edited on 2/27/23 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:56 pm to Motorboat
I can tell you know very little about the sugar industry
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:58 pm to goofball
I thought they always were?
Posted on 2/27/23 at 12:59 pm to Motorboat
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All for a food that’s not real food.
I was raised on sorghum, you don't know what you are talking about.
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