date:May 18, 2016
report. Under the requirements of the sugar program, 45.65 percent (4,607,797 STRV) is allocated to cane sugar, and 54.35 percent (5,485,953 STRV) to beet sugar.
Per sugar program provisions, USDA reassigned cane allocation from two cane processors in Florida with surplus to another Florida cane processor that needed more allocation to market its higher than expected raw sugar supply (see table). Since this action did not eliminate the overall cane sector surplus allotment, 500,000 STRV is reas