A Sweet Celebration of National Farmer’s Day

This National Farmer’s Day, we will be celebrating America’s sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers and everything they do to make our lives sweeter.

Our 11,000 sugarbeet and sugarcane family farmers support over 151,000 American jobs coast-to-coast. In many of these communities, sugar is the main engine of economic growth. Rooted in farmer-, employee-, and family-owned cooperatives, our industry contributes more than $23 billion annually to the U.S. economy.

Behind these numbers are multi-generational legacies – farmers who have worked the land for decades, passing down their passion and their pride in growing the food we eat, upholding the highest environmental standards, and ensuring a reliable supply of made-in-America sugar.

Meet some of America’s sugar producers: 

Sugarcane farmers Charles and Wanda Guidry 
Erath, LA

“Sugar is very important in our community. It’s created a whole lot of jobs.”

Sugarbeet farmer Lynn Johnson 
Ada, MN 

“It’s not just the farmers [who benefit from U.S. sugar policy], but the people that support the industry, all the people that come and help us, the truck drivers, the people that sell equipment, that service equipment, the seed people, our suppliers.”

Sugarcane farmer Keith Wedgworth  
Belle Glade, FL

“Agriculture is the best industry out there. It’s one of the last that is family-oriented.”

Sugarbeet farmer Laura Rutherford  
Grafton, ND

“I want to be able to pass [the farm] on to [my kids]. I think that’s what keeps all farmers going through the good years, the bad years, and the really bad years.”

The grit and dedication of our farmers inspire us every day. That’s why we are fighting for a bipartisan Farm Bill that will help them continue these family farming legacies and #KeepItSweet in America.

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