Articles Tagged with ''American Sugar Alliance''

Seth Meyer will be returning to the Department of Agriculture to assume the position of chief economist.

There won’t likely be enough sugar in the U.S. market to comfortably supply all the bakers, candy makers and food manufacturers that need it at a reasonable price, so USDA will soon be announcing a plan to allow for more imports, the department announced Friday.

Sugar producers leave no doubt they want to keep their supply-managed sugar market.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2017 – The leaders of the two biggest U.S. farm groups opened the sugar industry’s annual Sweetener Symposium Monday with a plea for unity among ag groups as Congress gets down to negotiating a new farm bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2017 – The American Sugar Alliance again came to the defense today of the government programs that keep floods of foreign sugar out of the U.S. through....

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2017 - Sonny Perdue, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next USDA secretary, continues to meet with members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, but there’s still no news on a date for a confirmation hearing, according to Hill aides. Perdue, who has the endorsement of his predecessor Tom Vilsack, is racking up support from Republicans and Democrats.