New Refinery Strengthens Louisiana Sugar Industry Gallery
Groundbreaking for Louisiana Sugar Refining’s new plant in Gramercy, LA adjacent to existing Imperial Sugar plant. John Sheptor, President and CEO of Imperial Sugar, Alan Willits, President, Business Unit Leader, Cargill Corn Milling North America, Lonnie Champagne, General Manager, Louisiana Sugar Cane Products and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Frank Minvielle, chairman of Sugar Growers and Refiners, said that because of the tight economic situation, the co-op was losing four to six farmers a year and that “the new refinery is a matter of survival.”
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- Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal receives a New Orleans Saints hard hat from Lonnie Champagne, General Manager of Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, while speaking to more than 250 attendees at an historic groundbreaking for the new LSR cane sugar refinery in Gramery, La. Jindal emphasized the importance of the new plant to Louisiana in his speech.
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- Frank Minvielle, chairman of Sugar Growers and Refiners, said that because of the tight economic situation, the co-op was losing four to six farmers a year and that “the new refinery is a matter of survival.”
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- Lonnie Champagne, General Manager, Louisiana Sugar Cane Products