Sugar’s Coast-to-Coast Reach

QUICK FACTS

  • 11,000 beet and cane farmers produce about 9 million tons of sugar a year on 2 million acres.
  • Sugar creates more than 151,000 U.S. jobs in more than two dozen states and adds $23.3 billion to the U.S. economy.
  • Reliably supplies more than 60 different sugar products to 330 million American consumers.