www.sugarproducer.com November/December 2009 Serving The National Sugarbeet Industry
Home Subscribe Current Issue Contact Us Buyer's Guide Calendar Researchers Feature Industry News New Products Organizations Videos To Advertise	SPONSOR OF THE MONTH HOT INDUSTRY NEWS Check it Out! Videos on Sugar Producer Website Biopesticides Markets Growing WASDA: Sugar November Report 2009 EPA Proposes New Pesticide Labeling to Control Spray Drift UPDATE: 2010 ASGA Conference Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 Imperial Sugar Celebrates Grand Opening of New Refinery SUGAR PRODUCER FEATURE Lawsuit Concerns American Sugarbeet Growers Association ROUNDUP READY LAWSUIT On September 21, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will have to ...more Spotlight: The Hand That Feeds U.S. Sugar is part of the Hand That Feeds U.S., and one of American Sugar Alliance’s big pushes is to broaden coalitions of supporters, therefore spotlighting the efforts this new organization/project is ...more Making New Ground Sometimes, adversity breeds innovation. That’s the case for beef and dairy producers. For decades, they depended on corn as the primary feedstuff for their livestock. Then the ethanol boom hit, ...more One Pass Growers have a myriad of tools in their belts. They can’t just know how to grow a crop—they have to be business executives, economists, prognosticators and mechanics. And sometimes they have to do...more BEET BOX ASA Symposium 2009: Farm Bill Implications The Farm Bill, Mexico and the Obama administration were major topics of discussion at the 26th Annual International Sweetener Symposium, held at Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah, in August. Speakers ranged from U.S. Congressmen to media to confectioner and soft drink reps, and even the USDA Under Secretary. The symposium will again convene in 2010, at the Vail Marriott Mountain Resort and Spa in Vail, Colo., July 30 through August 4. Food Company Profits Soar, Not Growers’ Sugar market disparities have created profits for food manufacturers, higher prices for grocery shoppers and worries for many sugar farmers since August of last year, according the annual Sugar Price Survey. According to the report, the past year has seen shoppers paying more for a bag of refined sugar—from 52.5 cents per pound last July to a high of 57 cents in March 2009. Price hikes can be attributed to the widening gap between the retail prices grocery stores charge and the wholesale prices that ...more
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