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Article about the use of sugarcane bagasse ash as a cement replacement in conventional concrete to obtain a bendable concrete.
Audubon Sugar Institute staff presented research at the 53rd ASSCT Joint Meeting in Florida. Alexa Triplett received the Best Presentation Award.
Staff from the Audubon Sugar Institute participated in the XXIX International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) Congress held in Cali, Colombia.
A successful CVP seminar hosted on May 19 featured Dr. Broadfoot and Dr. Rackemann, drawing 50+ industry professionals.
Audubon Sugar Institute hosted its 2025 Factory Seminar on April 23 in St. Gabriel, LA, where ASI and LSU researchers shared new findings.
The 2025 ASI Conversational Exchange, held March 13 in St. Gabriel, LA, brought factory leaders together to share innovations.
Stephania Imbachi Ordonez attended the 84th Annual Sugar Industry Technologists (S.I.T.) Technical Conference, held April 14–17, 2025, in Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Gillian Eggleston, Referee for General Subject 7 – Cane Processing, delivered her report virtually at the 34th ICUMSA Session.
Dr. Gillian Eggleston and Eldwin St. Cyr attended the 2025 NSSPPA meeting in Pigeon Forge, TN. Dr. Eggleston spoke on sweet sorghum syrup quality.
Audubon Sugar Institute staff attended the 2025 ASSCT Louisiana Division Meeting in Baton Rouge.
Audubon Sugar Institute attended the Louisiana Cane Syrup Heritage Expo on October 26, 2024, in Franklin, LA.
Stephania Imbachi Ordonez and Dr. Gillian Eggleston attended the ISSCT Engineering/Processing Workshop held October 7–10, 2024, in Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Giovanna Aita attended the ISSCT Co-Products Workshop in Réunion Island, held September 15–20, 2024.
ASI hosts approximately 50 international delegates as part of the 2023 Sugar Industry Technologist (SIT) meeting.
The Audubon Sugar Institute gave 1 oral presentation and 1 poster during the 2023 Sugar Industry Technologists Meeting.
Each spring, representatives from Louisiana sugarcane factories hear results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute.
Topics of the workshop included: Color Measurement Cane-derived and Processing derived colorants Control and removal of colorants at the factory and refinery.
The meeting was held from 24-26 February in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
International Awards during the 2023 ISSCT Congress in Hyderabad, India.
The Audubon Sugar Institute gave 1 plenary speech, 3 oral presentations, and 3 posters during the ISSCT Congress in Hyderabad (India) this February.
In July 2022, "Comparative clarification performance of three different short retention time clarifiers in one Louisiana sugarcane factory" was published.
In the November, 2022 edition of the Zucker Industrie journal, the “Fructan (Levan) is a more pervasive polysaccharide than previously thought.
New Publication at Audubon Sugar Institute.
Audubon Sugar Institute visitors on September 22, 2022.
Courses: “The Introduction to Raw Sugar Manufacture” and "Introduction to Sugar Boiling."
The Audubon Sugar Institute gave 2 oral presentations and 2 posters during the 2022 Sugar Industry Technologists Meeting in Orlando, FL.
2022 Sugar Notable Winners were announced in the May issue of the Sugar Journal.
Charles E. Coates Memorial Award is for outstanding contributions to the profession of Chemistry.
The Audubon Sugar Institute gave 3 oral presentations and 2 posters during the ASSCT Joint LA and FL Divisions Meeting in Bonita Springs (Florida) this June.
A delegation from Honduras Visiting Audubon to strengthen Honduran partnership collaboration with the LSU AgCenter and the College of Agriculture.
Copies will be also distributed to the LA sugar industry and around the world.
In the October 2021 issue of the Sugar Bulletin, the “Differences in Use of Octapol® and Clearpol® Filter Aids to Clarify Cane Juices” article was published.
On Thursday 28 October 2021, during the visit, a complete tour of the Institute’s outstanding sugar processing and analytical facilities was given.
Congratulations to Ms. Sharon Moon, daughter of Dr. Young-Hwan Moon.
WAFB video showing farmers blaming freeze for lowing yields on an already light sugar cane crop this year.
Millicent Yeboah represented LSU and the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the BIO World Congress in Des Moines, IA.
Ms. Chelsea Tyus was recognized as a graduate of CABLE (the Consortium for Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Education)
(04/16/19) Each spring, representatives from Louisiana sugarcane mills hear results from researchers at the LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute.
A conference dedicated to the most important issues in the bioeconomy.
The presentation titled “A Review of Sucrose Losses in Sugarcane Factories.”
(09/28/18) Developing vinegar, liquid sweeteners, alcoholic beverages and other food-grade products is the goal of a recent $30,000 sorghum grant.
There are currently no GMO sugarcane varieties grown in Louisiana.
The Director of Food and Industrial Biotransformation, Huvepharma Co., Swiss Branch, flew in from Switzerland to visit the Audubon Sugar Institute.
This annual course attracts processors from both the U.S.A. and overseas.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Mitr Phol Group in Thailand toured the Institute’s outstanding sugar processing facilities.
(05/22/18) BATON ROUGE, La. — After a lengthy search, the LSU AgCenter has named Gillian Eggleston director of the Audubon Sugar Institute.
Dr. Benjamin Leighton Legendre Sr., a native and resident of Thibodaux, LA, passed from his earthly body into heaven on July 5, 2017 at the age of 73.
Retired LSU AgCenter professor and researcher at the Audubon Sugar Institute, Dr. Donal Day, was interviewed by WRKF. The title of the story is “Turning Plants into Butanol at the Audubon Sugar Institute.” Click here for the news story.
