Sugar is a vital ingredient in our national food supply, and U.S. farmers, workers, and food manufacturers support the sugar policy provisions in the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024.”
Randy Green, speaking on behalf of the Sweetener Users Association at the 39th annual International Sweetener Symposium, called the bill “responsive and positive” and would result in more American-made sugar. “We view the bill as a balanced package,” Green said. “It seems to us that the Ag Committees have been responsive to the needs of both growers and users.”
The American Sugar Alliance continues to assert that a stronger sugar policy would better reflect the current economic realities affecting sugarbeet and sugarcane farmers and workers. That’s vital to ensuring that American farmers and workers can continue to grow and refine the sugar crops that supply American food manufacturers. Domestic sugar production fills about 75 percent of America’s sugar needs.