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The Sugar Beat

January 2010- Vol. 6 Issue 1

01.25.10 - Sugar Prices Rebound

sugar prices reboundThis has been one of the wettest and muckiest harvest seasons that Louisiana cane farmer Todd Landry can remember.

“Getting the crop out of the field has been a lot more expensive and a lot more difficult,” he admitted.

But Landry and the other sugar producers of south Louisiana are working overtime to cut the cane because, for the first time in nearly a decade, there’s a hint of financial reward on the horizon. Read More >
01.25.10 - Exposing Brazil's Dirty Little Secret

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By far the world’s biggest sugar producer and exporter—and the third largest foreign supplier to the U.S. market—Brazil has come under a lot of fire lately for the use of slave labor.

A January 19 article by Bloomberg shed some light on the dark underbelly of Brazilian cane production, and the backlash it has caused with a powerful retail chain.

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01.26.10 - Sweet Energy

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Look closely at the pellet in this man's hand. It is a symbol of a fascinating piece of new farming technology. Or as Neville Dolan jokes...

"It's actually good for bbq. We have a bbq every day."

Neville kids, but the work he's doing could be pretty special.

And it's happening near the gulf, an hour southwest of New Orleans, right here in Raceland, Louisiana, at the Raceland Sugar Mill.

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Papers & Testimony
Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008

Industrial sugar users in the developed world paid, on average, nine percent more for sugar than American candy makers, according to an examination of 2008 prices by Oxford, England-based LMC International. For example, the study found that wholesale sugar prices were 10 percent higher in Europe and more than double in Japan.

LMC Study: Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008
 
Excess Sugar Imports Harm the U.S. Industry

Under the 2008 Farm Bill, April 1 is the first time during the year that the USDA can increase sugar imports beyond the 1.3 million tons America is forced to import because of international trade deals.

If the U.S. Department of Agriculture decides this week to allow addition foreign sugar imports into the market, it will “jeopardize the ability of U.S. cane sugar refiners and beet processors to meet market needs by weakening an industry already under pressure from rising costs and stagnant prices,” according to a report released today by the American Cane Sugar Refiners’ Association.

The report examined low prices, uncertainty over Mexican sugar shipments, and logistical and quality problems following previous import increases and concluded, “The Department must take care not to worsen this situation by expanding supplies at this critical juncture.”

Raw cane prices—a predictable indicator of market supply—fell 15 percent between last summer and mid-March and have been depressed to levels where “turning the sugar over to the government becomes the only alternative in an oversupplied market,” the study’s author, Dr. Margaret Blamberg, wrote.

Excess Sugar Imports Harm the U.S. Industry

 
 

Press

09.09.09 - Sugar Producers Congratulate New Senate Ag Committee Chair

WASHINGTON—Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) was today named the new chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The American Sugar Alliance released the following statement applauding her selection.

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Symposium

Audio & Video

American Crystal Sugar Company

American Crystal Sugar Company is a world-class agricultural cooperative specializing in the production of sugar and related agri-products.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida Learn how sugar is grown, harvested, milled and refined.
Noel Shapiro’s Story