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February 17, 2015 ACN | http://goo.gl/bMN5TM

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 17 (acn) With favorable indicators of industrial and agricultural efficiency, Villa Clara became the first territory of the country to reach 100 thousand tons of sugar produced in the current harvest, Granma newspaper reported.

According to Andrés Durán Fundora, director of Azcuba in the…

February 16, 2015 The Australian Dairyfarmer by John Kehoe | http://goo.gl/Wmifh5

NOT even John Howard's comradeship with George W Bush could dissolve the power of the US sugar lobby, which will now become a crucial part of free-trade negotiations.

In Washington, a renewed push by a group of bipartisan senators last week will have caught the attention of…

February 14, 2015 Food Business News by Ron Sterk | http://goo.gl/CnLCuZ

ORLANDO, FLA. – Global sugar outturn is expected to decline in 2016 and beyond, but the near-term outlook for the North American Free Trade Agreement region remains murky because of the unsettled trade rift between the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made clear its…

February 13, 2015 Food Business News by Ron Sterk | http://goo.gl/X5SrU0

WASHINGTON — Three senators, in continuing efforts to reform the U.S. sugar program, introduced the bipartisan Sugar Reform Act of 2015 on Feb. 12. A similar bill was introduced in 2014. Efforts to attach sugar reform measures as amendments to budget appropriations and the farm bill in prior years…

February 14, 2015 InterAksyon by Orti Despuez | http://goo.gl/UzjeaX

MANILA – The government agency overseeing the sugar industry warned that new tax rules could cause a shortage.

Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said a growing number of millers in Negros are unable to dispose of their production because of Revenue…