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The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly sucrose and fructose). Globally, about 80% of sugar is extracted from sugar cane , grown predominantly in the tropics , and 20% from sugar beet , grown mostly in temperate climate in North America or Europe.
The sugar industry of the United States produces sugarcane and sugar beets, operates sugar refineries, and produces and markets refined sugars, sugar-sweetened goods, and other products.
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose , [ 1 ] which accumulates in the stalk internodes .
Production of sugar cane is dominated by state mills in Cuba's Communist-run economy. ... Cuban sugar industry demise mirrors food crisis. Marc Frank. November 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM.
Environmental Aspects of the Sugar Industry: An Overview, Paris, France: Imprimerie.: United Nations Environment Programme, 1982. Norwegian Aloha: The Making of a Sugar Cane Engineer, Lake Oswego, Oregon: Alder Business Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9792987-1-4, archived from the original on January 5, 2014
Political power and economic dependency hinder halt to open-burning of thousands of acres of sugar cane fields.
The colony's prosperity remained regionally unmatched until sugar cane production expanded in larger colonies, such as Saint-Domingue and Jamaica. As part of the mass sugar industry, sugar cane processing gave rise to related commodities such as rum, molasses, and falernum.
Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe. But Brazil has transitioned away from the practice, and experts there say the U.S. can follow their lead.