The Sugar Beat

March 2010- Vol. 6 Issue 3

03.05.10 - USDA: Sugar Policy to Save Taxpayers $1.3 Billion Capitol3Recent projections by the USDA show sugar policy will continue to operate at no cost to taxpayers over the next decade—a $1.3 billion savings from estimates made prior to the passage of the 2008 Farm Bill.  But sugar producers warn that future trade policy could unwind taxpayer savings... Read More >
03.05.10 - Producers Put Sugar Price Recovery Into Perspective

photo3The vast majority of sugar marketed in America is sold well below the spot prices commonly reported in the media, a sugar executive said at the recent annual Outlook Forum hosted by the USDA.  But the prices producers are receiving are essential to helping the sugar industry “improve returns over past years, reduce their debt load, re-invest, continue to improve efficiency, and stay in business...” Read More >

03.05.10 - Sugar 101

the_hand_feeds_us_logo_150x127As the new communications director for The Hand That Feeds U.S., a coalition of numerous commodity groups including sugar, I was recently invited to attend the American Sugar Alliance’s “Sugar 101” seminar.

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Papers & Testimony
Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008

Industrial sugar users in the developed world paid, on average, nine percent more for sugar than American candy makers, according to an examination of 2008 prices by Oxford, England-based LMC International. For example, the study found that wholesale sugar prices were 10 percent higher in Europe and more than double in Japan.

LMC Study: Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008
 
USDA: Sugar Policy to Save Taxpayers $1.3 Billion

WASHINGTON—U.S. sugar policy will operate without cost to taxpayers over the next decade, just as it has since 2002, according to data released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


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Press

02.19.10 - Producers Put Sugar Price Recovery Into Perspective

WASHINGTON—The vast majority of sugar marketed in America is sold well below the spot prices commonly reported in the media, a sugar executive said today at the annual Outlook Forum hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

 

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Symposium

Audio & Video

American Crystal Sugar Company

American Crystal Sugar Company is a world-class agricultural cooperative specializing in the production of sugar and related agri-products.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida Learn how sugar is grown, harvested, milled and refined.
Jack Roney, ASA Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, Talks About Sugar Policy's No-Cost Projection Through 2020

Just as it has since 2002, the U.S. sugar policy is projected to operate at zero cost over the next ten years, according to USDA.