Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., at the International Sweetener Symposium in Traverse City, Michigan, on Aug. 5, 2025. At left is American Sugarbeet Growers Association Executive Vice President and CEO ...

SAN DIEGO -- World sugar prices are well above the U.S. support price, but that doesn't mean there won't be a battle over the sugar program during the 2012 farm bill debate. Sweetener Users ...

This Valentine’s Day, millions of Americans will buy fewer chocolates and sweets than they would like. The culprit behind buying fewer sugar-loaded sweets may seem to be that they believe their ...

WASHINGTON - Makers of sodas, candy bars and other sweetened snacks are taking aim at a long-standing federal program that keeps sugar prices high by restricting imports. Doing away with the sugar ...

American Crystal Sugar executives must be figuring that the U.S. sugar program is going to end. That's the only way to explain their current labor strategy. The strategy is to reduce costs by cutting ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- The U.S. sugar program will not need changes in the 2012 farm bill except to help the growers enter the renewable fuels market, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, ...

USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit research geneticists, scientists, and technicians harvest, tag, and bundle samples from test crops in rows of sugarcane in Houma, La. (USDA photo). USDA is struggling ...

The Alliance for Fair Sugar Policy (AFSP) urges Congress to make “reasonable targeted changes to the US sugar program” to help lower food prices, reinforce supply chains and make American businesses ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has introduced the Sugar Reform Act of 2013 (Senate Bill 345) to lower sugar prices to consumers and confectionery companies without using federal supply ...

Valentine’s Day is here again, and still the US sugar lobby has its hand in everyone’s wallet when they buy chocolate and other candy for their friends and families. For over four decades, the sugar ...

Farm Bill Presents Opportunity for Lawmakers to Address Sugar Program Challenges and Bring Relief to Consumers WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Government Accountability ...

It’s Valentine’s Day, and, yet again, lovers and friends face higher costs for sharing their affections—courtesy of a Stalinist-style supply control policy, aka the US federal sugar program. Over the ...