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1、CHALLENGES FACING THE CANE SUGAR INDUSTRYTRAVIS MEDINEWest Baton Rouge Parish&Iberville,LouisianaAmerican Sugar Cane LeagueUSDAs 101st Agricultural Outlook ForumWashington,DCFebruary 2025WHO WE AREMedine Farms is a more than 100-year-old family operationMy brothers and I are the 5th generation to co

2、mmercially grow sugarcaneFarm 3,800 acres in West Baton Rouge Parish and Iberville,LouisianaApproximately 350 acres of that land is owned directly by the farm the rest is rentedEvery year,we harvest approximately 2,900 acres for sugar and 100 acres for seed cane2Harvest on the Medine Family FarmLOUI

3、SIANA SUGARCANELouisiana has about 400,000 acres planted to cane in 25 ParishesThere are 11 raw sugar mills and two refineriesThree raw sugar mills deliver raw sugar to the Domino Refinery in Chalmette Eight raw sugar mills deliver raw sugar to the Louisiana Sugar Refinery in Gramercy some of that r

4、aw sugar may eventually be sold to Domino for refining3Harvest on the Medine Family FarmKEEPING LOUISIANA STRONG&FEEDING AMERICA4Overall Louisiana sugar production is above 2 million tons of refined sugar,or a bit more than 20%of total U.S.domestic productionLouisiana sugarcane supplies enough sugar

5、 for 55 million peopleContributes$4.2 billion annually to U.S.economyGenerates about 20,000 good jobs,many in rural LouisianaSTORING AND DELIVERING“JUST IN TIME”TO FOOD MANUFACTURERSAREAS OF CONCERN FOR SUGARCANENext generation:how can we create a succession plan and continue our family farming lega

6、cies?Weather HurricaneDroughtFreezeInputs LaborMachinery6SUCCESSION:WHAT DOES THEIR FUTURE REQUIRE OF US TODAY?7THREE GENERATIONSFrom right to left:Travis,sons Michael and Stewart,father BrianWEATHER THREATSCrop insurance helps,but is expensive In crop year 2024,sugarcane farmers in Louisiana paid m