SAN DIEGO -- World sugar prices are well above the U.S. support price, but that doesn't mean there won't be a battle over the sugar program during the 2012 farm bill debate. Sweetener Users ...

"This labor dispute is a problem, this really creates headaches," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., when asked about the impact of the American Crystal Sugar Co. labor dispute on the sugar program.

Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., at the International Sweetener Symposium in Traverse City, Michigan, on Aug. 5, 2025. At left is American Sugarbeet Growers Association Executive Vice President and CEO ...

This Valentine’s Day, millions of Americans will buy fewer chocolates and sweets than they would like. The culprit behind buying fewer sugar-loaded sweets may seem to be that they believe their ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- The U.S. sugar program will not need changes in the 2012 farm bill except to help the growers enter the renewable fuels market, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, ...

USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit research geneticists, scientists, and technicians harvest, tag, and bundle samples from test crops in rows of sugarcane in Houma, La. (USDA photo). USDA is struggling ...

The US sugar program relies on import quotas and limits on domestic production to ensure domestic prices for raw and refined sugar are, on average, about 100 percent higher than world prices. A recent ...

With the winter holidays behind us, many Pennsylvanians involved in making and selling chocolate, cakes, pies, festive drinks, and treats of all kinds are enjoying a well-earned return to normal ...

It’s Valentine’s Day, and, yet again, lovers and friends face higher costs for sharing their affections—courtesy of a Stalinist-style supply control policy, aka the US federal sugar program. Over the ...

The U.S. sugar program seems to be on track to be continued in the 2012 Farm Bill, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Friday. "We need to continue the no-cost sugar program and it needs to be part of the ...

The one thing that I know about Americans is that we love our sugar. We consume more sugar than any other country. Thanks to the tariff-rate quota, or TRQ, levied by the U.S. sugar program, American ...