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Members & Executive Committee

Who Are the Members of ASA?

The U.S. sweetener industry is made up of thousands of beet and cane farmers who produce sugar, as well as thousands of other Americans who work in sweetener production and processing and in other businesses, providing goods and services to the industry. Membership in the American Sugar Alliance ranges from the sweetener producers themselves--including farmers all across the country, sugar processors and refiners--to the implement dealers, local banks, community businesses of all types, fertilizer distributors, factory workers producing heavy equipment needed in sugar production, and countless others in services and supply.This great diversity in membership lends tremendous strength to the American Sugar Alliance and the industry it serves.

Executive Committee Members
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The American Sugar Alliance Executive Committee is comprised of the following:

  • Carolyn Cheney
    Vice President, National Government Affairs, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
  • James Johnson — ASA Chairman
    President, United States Beet Sugar Association
  • Luther Markwart — ASA Secretary/Treasurer
    Executive Vice President, American Sugarbeet Growers Association
  • Jack Pettus — ASA Vice Chairman
    Vice President of Government Relations, American Sugar Cane League
  • Ryan Weston
    Executive Vice President, Florida Sugar Cane League; Washington Representative, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers; Washington Representative, Hawaii Sugar Farmers
 

Symposium

Audio & Video

Jack Roney on Fox Business

Factors Driving the Sugar Market: Jack Roney of the American Sugar Alliance on the commodity's banner year last year and where prices are headed.

American Crystal Sugar Company

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

RGVSG Chairman Dale Murden on the upcoming Farm Bill

Members of the House Agriculture Committee are traveling the country to hear from producers about the upcoming Farm Bill. Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Chairman and cane grower Dale Murden discusses the sugar provisions he hopes will be included in the 2012 Farm Bill.