AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: To urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on furthering technology and research into equipment to reduce the dependency of burning sugarcane.

SLS 26RS-684 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 69
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. To urge and request the American Sugarcane League,
LSU AgCenter, and Southern University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with
agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on furthering technology and research into
equipment to reduce the dependency of burning sugarcane.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern
3 University Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to
4 continue work on furthering technology and research into equipment that reduces the
5 dependency of burning sugarcane.
6 WHEREAS, the practice of burning during sugarcane production is a long-standing
7 residue management tool used before or after harvest in the industry; and
8 WHEREAS, burning is used to eliminate leafy trash residue and debris from the plant
9 in order to allow for more efficient sugarcane harvesting and improves sugar quality and
10 recovery in the factory; and
11 WHEREAS, although widely used, burning as a residue management tool can pose
12 challenges, such as a loss of soil health and effects on air quality and visibility; and
13 WHEREAS, companies and individuals in the sugarcane industry recognize that a
14 cost-effective mechanism for reducing or eliminating burning as a management tool is a high
15 priority research topic; and
16 WHEREAS, facilities, like the LSU AgCenter, are actively testing alternative
17 methods to burning, such as using a sweeper to remove residue from the top of the crop bed
18 to allow the cut cane to grow without any disturbance that comes from excessive residue
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SCR NO. 69
SLS 26RS-684 ORIGINAL
1 from previous harvest; and
2 WHEREAS, exploration into other avenues for pre and post harvest management
3 could potentially eliminate concerns connected with burning without compromising the
4 productivity in the sugarcane industry.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
6 urge and request the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University
7 Agricultural Center, in collaboration with agricultural manufacturers, to continue work on
8 furthering technology and research into equipment that reduces the dependency of burning
9 sugarcane.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
11 president of the American Sugarcane League, the LSU Vice President for Agriculture and
12 Dean of the College of Agriculture, and the Chancellor of the Southern University
13 Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Dean of the College of Agricultural,
14 Human, and Environmental Sciences.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof
or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
DIGEST
SCR 69 Original 2026 Regular Session Allain
Requests the American Sugarcane League, LSU AgCenter, and Southern University
Agricultural Center to collaborate with agricultural manufacturers to continue work on
furthering technology and research into equipment that reduces the dependency of burning
sugarcane.
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