American Sugar Print
Whether you live in one of the many communities dependent on sugar production, are a taxpayer saving scarce federal dollars or a grocery shopper enjoying a safe and affordable sugar supply, you’re benefiting from America’s sugar producers.
  • America’s sugar farmers, processors, and refiners create 146,000 jobs and generate nearly $10 billion a year for the U.S. economy.
  • America’s sugar is produced in 18 states so we don’t have to depend on unreliable foreign countries for this vital ingredient.
  • Best of all, this success story costs taxpayers very little because sugar producers don’t receive government subsidy checks.

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  • Sugarbeet Grower Alan Welp Tells the Tale of Two Intertwined Industries
    Western Sugar, a company now owned by farmers, closed its Goodland, Kansas sugarbeet factory in 1985. Sugar prices were low, the cost of doing business was climbing, and tough decisions were made that hurt workers and farmers. Today, thanks to no-cost sugar policy, things have turned around, and business is now booming for confectionery manufacturers.  Sugarbeet grower and Western Sugar Cooperative member Alan Welp discusses.