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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Low prices and excess sugar volume on the U.S. market could have caused sugar for the crop year that ended this past September to be forfeited. Thankfully, at the end of September, USDA showed that no ...

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 ...

FARGO - American Crystal Sugar will default on a government loan of $71.2 million under a program that provides relief when a glut of sugar depresses prices. David Berg, president and chief executive ...

CONGRESS has voted once again to make the holiday season and the new year in America less sweet and more expensive. By wide majorities in both chambers, Congress recently reaffirmed its support for a ...