American farmers seek change in outdated tariff policy allowing foreign countries to dump excess sugar production into the U.S. market.

LANSING -- Presidential candidate John McCain was heading into the heart of Michigan sugar beet country Tuesday to visit a solar research center near Bay City. But if he stopped to talk to any sugar ...

The annual sugar beet harvest is in full swing. Half of the sugar produced in the U.S. comes from beets, and about a quarter of the nation’s beets are grown in the West. A decade ago, Monsanto Company ...

POCATELLO — USDA’s Feb. 20 announcement that the federal government will provide $150 million in assistance to American sugar beet and sugar cane farmers came as welcome news to Idaho’s 400-plus sugar ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the ...

GRAND FORKS - American Crystal Sugar officials are confident that U.S. sugar producers will get good news Friday, when the U.S. International Trade Commission determines whether to investigate ...

With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. The $15 breakfast habit ...