CoBank to Congress: Support Current Sugar Policy
Sugar producers, who are embroiled in a contentious Farm Bill fight, just received a ringing endorsement from CoBank, one of the largest lenders in farm country.
Entries by Philippa Levenberg
The Monitor: Sugar farmers don’t have a sweet deal, we need help
Farming is what I have always wanted to do. I grew up on my family’s sugarcane farm in the Rio Grande Valley and there was just something about the idea of growing a crop from start to finish that I found exciting and rewarding.
Sugar Farmers Slam So-Called ‘Moderate Reforms’ As ‘America-Last’
U.S. sugar farmers took aim at attempts to gut America’s no-cost sugar policy in a new advertising campaign today, calling the anti-farmer efforts “discriminatory,” “America-last,” and “bankruptcy” inducing.
Bill’s ‘modest reform’ imperils sugar farmers
If you’ve been paying attention to the Farm Bill debate in Washington, you might have noticed some lawmakers are pushing an amendment they say is a “modest reform” of the nation’s sugar policy. We’ve since renamed the proposal the “Sugar Farmer Bankruptcy Bill” because it effectively cuts us out of the Farm Bill.
Major Labor Union Urges Congress to Reject Anti-Sugar Amendment
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) yesterday sent Democratic members of the House of Representatives a letter urging them to “oppose the Virginia Foxx and Danny Davis anti-sugar farmer and sugar worker amendment.”
Stop the Sour Scheme Designed to Hurt California Farmers
You may not be aware of it, but a battle is brewing in our nation’s capital that pits farmers like me against big food companies that want to drive down farmers’ prices by flooding our market with subsidized imports.
As Sugar Prices Plummet, Foreign Subsidies Rise and Big Candy Targets U.S. Farmers
Agricultural critics are looking to cut U.S. sugar farmers out of the Farm Bill, effectively leaving them vulnerable to a new slew of foreign trade abuses and falling prices
Michigan Farm News: Michigan sugarbeet farmers look for price relief
Before visitors put on hardhats and headsets for a behind-the-scenes tour at Michigan Sugar, they’re introduced to the industry with a short film featuring local growers.
Sugar Producers Send Letter to Conaway, Peterson Prior to Mark-Up
The American Sugar Alliance sent a letter to leaders of the House Agriculture Committee thanking the panel’s members for supporting sugar policy and asking for support in defeating possible Farm Bill amendments.
Michigan Sugarbeet Farmers Look for Relief from Low Prices
Today, Michigan Sugar pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy each year. Sugar is a seasonal product with busy periods during summer and the fall baking seasons. But retailers and food-makers don’t take delivery of an entire season’s worth of sugar all at once. They expect the sugar producing industry to warehouse the product until its needed.