Articles tagged under: sugar

Global Sugar Production May Shift

Published March 20, 2022

The Russia and Ukraine's war is affecting many things. "For sugar, it's linked in a sense that as you see oil prices go up, it provides incentive for countries like Brazil to shift their sugar production and divert it into…

Top StoriesLatest NewsPolicy

India Plans to Appeal WTO Panel Ruling on Sugar

Published December 15, 2021

A World Trade Organization panel has ruled against India in a trade dispute over sugar. Brazil, Australia and Guatemala brought the case before the WTO, claiming India distorted trade with large subsidies to its sugarcane farmers. India plans to appeal…

Latest NewsMarkets

Sugar Demand to Stay Flat in the Near-Term

Published December 3, 2021

Flattening sugar demand is will be a reality in the year ahead. According to American Crystal Sugar Company President Tom Astrup, sugar demand declined slightly last year. That’s attributed to an aging population and food companies reducing sugar in their…

Top StoriesLatest NewsAg Business

S/D Numbers Adjusted Higher for Sugar Production

Published October 13, 2021

USDA has increased sugar production by 124,000 short tons to 9.3 million. Thanks to better-than-expected beet production, USDA is reducing its estimate for U.S. sugar imports by 6.6 percent to three million short tons.

Latest NewsMarkets

Sugar Prices Surge

Published September 7, 2021

Sugar prices have shot up after a cold snap in Brazil. Severe frost struck major sugar producing areas in the country in June and July. Sugar production in the Center-South region of Brazil is expected to decrease anywhere from five-to-nine…

Latest NewsMarketsCrops

USDA Raises Raw Sugar Import Quotas

Published August 26, 2021

The Biden Administration is increasing the sugar import quotas for the current fiscal year by over 90,000 tons. The U.S. will also allow that sugar to enter the country until the end of October, which is a full month longer…

Latest NewsMarkets

Changes Proposed to Federal Sugar Policy Program

Published August 1, 2021

Last week, four U.S. Senators reintroduced the Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2021. The bill proposes changes to the federal sugar program. American Crystal Sugar Company Vice President of Government Affairs Kevin Price says the bill sends a bad message…

Latest NewsCrops

Sugar in the Crosshairs Again

Published July 28, 2021

A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to make changes in the current sugar program. It calls for the end of production controls on the domestic sugar supply and it repeals a program where the federal…

Latest NewsPolicy

No Feedstock Flexibility Program Sugar Purchases Expected

Published March 28, 2021

Based on crop and consumption forecasts, no sugar purchases or sales are expected under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2020. When faced with the likelihood of loan forfeitures, USDA is required to purchase surplus sugar under this program…

Latest NewsAg BusinessCrops

U.S. Sugar Makes a Deal for Imperial Sugar

Published March 25, 2021

U.S. Sugar, which is the largest sugarcane producer in the country, is buying Imperial Sugar from the Louis Dreyfus Company. Louis Dreyfus says this deal will allow it to concentrate on its global sugar trading business. The sale is expected…

Latest NewsAg Business