Articles tagged under: sugar
USDA Releases Sugar Loan Rates
Published September 30, 2019
The Commodity Credit Corporation has announced the 2019 crop year rates for marketing assistance loan rates for sugar. For Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, the loan rate for refined beet sugar is 25.02 cents. The marketing allocations for beet processors…Sugar Price Forecast Positive at International Sweetener Symposium
Published August 6, 2019
East Grand Forks, Minnesota sugarbeet grower David Thompson attended the International Sweetener Symposium this week. Thompson says growers received an update on the sugar market outlook. "We heard from the International Sugar Organization about how sugar demand is increasing. Yes,…Sugar Trade Policy Working for Local Growers
Published March 22, 2019
The keynote speaker at the International Sugarbeet Institute, Dan Colacicco, answered questions and updated sugarbeet growers on trade and policy. Colacicco says trade agreements are always a concern, but the sugar policy in place is working. "Right now, the U.S.…Sugar Growers Monitor U.S. Brazil Meeting
Published March 22, 2019
While the meetings between U.S. President Trump and Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro were positive for U.S. wheat growers, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President Dan Younggren says sugarbeet growers continue to watch closely. "We don't need another pound of…Trump and Bolsonaro Talk Trade
Published March 20, 2019
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump welcomed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to Washington D.C. This was the first White House visit for the Brazilian president. In a press conference after the leaders met, President Donald Trump said the two have similar…Trump and Bolsonaro Meet in DC
Published March 18, 2019
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Trump. Agriculture Minister Tereza Christina Dias is also part of the Brazilian delegation. Brazil wants to reopen the U.S. market to its fresh beef and the U.S. is…CSC Sugar Challenges U.S.-Mexico Sugar Suspension Agreement
Published January 25, 2019
An East Coast sugar trading company, CSC Sugar, claims the Commerce Department failed to disclose ex parte meetings between Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and competing sugar refineries before making a deal in 2017 with Mexico to manage sugar imports. Commerce…Global Food Prices Decline
Published August 14, 2018
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Monthly Food Price Index averaged 168.8 points in July. That’s down 6.5 points, or 3.7 percent, from June and 10.3 points from the corresponding period last year. The…A Huge Vote on Sugar
Published May 23, 2018
When the farm bill comes back to the floor, the language is not expected to change significantly. The recent farm bill debate included a surprising vote on sugar policy. "We had a huge vote on sugar," explained Agriculture Committee Ranking…