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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. The United States is among the world's largest sugar producers.
U.S. Sugar Corporation is a privately owned agricultural business based in Clewiston, Florida. [3] The company farms over 230,000 acres of land in the counties of Hendry, Glades, Martin, and Palm Beach. It is the largest producer of sugarcane in the United States by volume, producing over 700,000 tonnes per year.
As of 2019, 3/4 of world sugar production is never traded on the open market. Brazil controls half the global market, paying the most ($2.5 billion per year) in subsidies to its sugar industry. [3] The US sugar system is complex, using price supports, domestic marketing allotments, and tariff-rate quotas. [4]
November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The U.S. Sugar program is the federal commodity support program that maintains a minimum price for sugar , authorized by the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 1401–1403) to cover the 2002-2007 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane .
Rum produced in the United States (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Sugar industry of the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
In 1968, The Sugar Research Foundation became the World Sugar Research Organisation, Ltd. (WSRO). [3] Both the Sugar Association and WSRO are still active today. Today the organization describes itself as "the scientific voice of the sugar industry" on their website and social media pages. [4]
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