Statement on Sugar-Related Provisions in the House Reconciliation Package

The American Sugar Alliance issued the following statement:

“America’s sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers and workers are proud to produce sugar right here in America. Unfortunately, our family farms and factories are facing immense financial pressures which are making it difficult to continue. Several American sugar processing facilities have permanently closed in recent years resulting in the loss of multi-generational sugarbeet and sugarcane family farms and sugar worker jobs – an urgent signal that the farm safety net needs to be strengthened in order to keep sugar production in America and provide food security for consumers. Since the expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill two years ago, sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers have been pressing Congress to update and improve the farm safety net. We thank Chairman Thompson and his colleagues for including in the reconciliation package necessary updates to the Farm Bill sugar provisions which have received strong, bipartisan support in past Farm Bill deliberations. We also thank Chairman Smith and his colleagues for including several tax provisions that will benefit family farmers in the reconciliation package, including vital tax relief that will make it easier for farmers to pass along their multi-generation operations and keep sugarbeet and sugarcane farms in America.”