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Daily Archives: April 16, 2018

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Michigan Sugarbeet Farmers Look for Relief from Low Prices

The Sugar BeatBy Phillip HayesApril 16, 2018

Today, Michigan Sugar pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy each year. Sugar is a seasonal product with busy periods during summer and the fall baking seasons. But retailers and food-makers don’t take delivery of an entire season’s worth of sugar all at once. They expect the sugar producing industry to warehouse the product until its needed.