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Boiling Optimization Program
This is to report on the activities related to the boiling program from August 2000 to February 2001. A brief account is given of the accomplishments as well as comments where the actual work deviated from the tentative plans.

Sugarcane Rind Shows Promise As Potential Building Material Component

LSU AgCenter researchers recently completed a study that examines the marketing and economic feasibility of using sugarcane rind as a supplemental raw material for manufacturing oriented strand board (OSB) and similar products.

Sugarcane Farmers See Better 2006 Crop
After nearly five years of hard times for sugarcane farmers, this year’s crop looks like it will be much better than the crops of the past few years, according to LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Dr. Ben Legendre.

Sugarcane Harvest Better Than Expected

Hurricanes Rita and Katrina were not good for the already struggling Louisiana sugarcane industry, but the storms did not do as much damage as growers first anticipated. (TV News 12/12/05. Runtime: 1 minute 25 seconds)

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Field to Factory: Take the Tour!

From preparation to processing, take a visual tour of sugarcane production in Louisiana.

Optimization of Sugar Crystallization Processes

OBJECTIVES: 1. Make use of well-automated and controlled pilot plant vacuum and cooling crystallizers to establish fundamental information on factors affecting crystallization rate, color and impurity transfer from mother liquor to crystal, and exhaustion of molasses. 2. Compare different methods of measurement and control, to establish the most cost- effective techniques for practical application, and so establish the optimal control strategy for batch crystallization. 3. Use the information.