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re: Louisiana now the leading sugar producer in the US
Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:50 am to Big Gorilla
Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:50 am to Big Gorilla
Sugar producers have been buying up every bit of land they can. Prices must have been very high for sugar for a long time.
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Posted on 2/27/23 at 9:56 am to member12
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Sugar producers have been buying up every bit of land they can. Prices must have been very high for sugar for a long time.
The US Gov manipulates the sugar market to keep prices artificially higher than the global market, while also limiting domestic production. They have to keep the corn growers happy since so much corn syrup is guaranteed into the sweetener market.
Link to a good read about how this works.
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