date:May 12, 2016
g allotments, import quota and price supports. Cane refiners are pressing USDA to up raw sugar imports to meet the demand, while beet companies argue their inventories are swelling.
Beet farmers are not going to cede market share, said Frank Jenkins, head of JSG Commodities in Connecticut and a veteran NAFTA trader, noting any additional needs not met by U.S. production will be doled out to Mexico.
Why would they walk off the playing field right now? he added.
Some are hopeful the coming mont