"This labor dispute is a problem, this really creates headaches," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., when asked about the impact of the American Crystal Sugar Co. labor dispute on the sugar program.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Valley News Live) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $150 million available to American sugar beet and sugar cane farmers to help offset rising production costs and temporary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...