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Sugar: Background for 1990 Farm Legislation

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  • Barry, Robert D.
  • Angelo, Luigi
  • Buzzanell, Peter J.
  • Gray, Fred

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The sugar support program and rapid adoption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) played important roles in transforming the U.S. sugar industry in the 1980's. While sugar output and productivity increased, consumption of sugar fell dramatically as HFCS displaced sugar in many uses, particularly beverages. After a decade of steady decline, sugar consumption in 1987 began rising at a slow rate. U.S. imports of sugar for consumption fell from an average of over 4 million short tons in 1979-81, to about 1 million tons in 1988. U.S. sugar import quotas have been binding since May 1982, to keep prices at levels required by the sugar program. Regional sugar balances have altered in the 1980's, and beet sugar now provides about 45 percent of U.S. sugar use, up from about 30 percent. The world sugar market changed much in the past decade, moderating the price cycle and extending the period of persistently low prices.

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  • Barry, Robert D. & Angelo, Luigi & Buzzanell, Peter J. & Gray, Fred, 1990. "Sugar: Background for 1990 Farm Legislation," Staff Reports 278852, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:278852
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278852
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    1. Manchester, Alden C., 1992. "Rearranging The Economic Landscape: The Food Marketing Revolution, 1950-91," Agricultural Economic Reports 308263, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Johnston, Warren E., 1994. "California Field Crops: Location and Trends in Acreage, Yields, and Production, 1945-1991," Information Series 251900, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
    3. Pursell, Garry*Gupta, Anju, 1998. "Trade policies and incentives in Indian agriculture : methodology, background statistics, and protection and incentive indicators, 1965-95," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1953, The World Bank.
    4. Lord, Ron & Barry, Robert D., 1990. "The World Sugar Market--Government Intervention and Multilateral Policy Reform," Staff Reports 278353, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Pollack, Susan L. & Lynch, Lori & [editors], 1991. "Provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309577, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Jeanine N. King & S. Sureshwaran & Patricia Frazier, 1994. "Productivity of offshore labor: Some evidence from the Florida sugarcane industry," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(5), pages 411-417.
    7. Lopez, Rigoberto A., 1990. "Economic Surpluses In The U.S. Sugar Market," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 19(1), pages 1-9, April.
    8. Green, Robert C., 1991. "Program Provisions for Rye, Dry Edible Beans, Oil Crops, Tobacco, Sugar, Honey, Wool, Mohair, Gum Naval Stores, and Dairy Products: A Database for 1961-90," Staff Reports 278865, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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