Michigan Farm Bureau supports efforts to minimize negative impacts to the U.S. sugar industry from trade agreements.
We support:
- Basing sugar imports on total sugar content, regardless of its refinement level upon entry into the United States.
- Domestic sugar production allotments being reallocated to current production trends.
- The early harvest period for sugarbeets in Michigan ending on October 20 for crop insurance purposes.
- The USDA Risk Management Agency using recoverable white sugar per ton instead of percent sugar for determining Actual Production History for Michigan growers.