The ecomomic growth of Sugar in the United States.
Date Submitted: 03/22/2001 21:23:20
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 2 pages (621 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 2 pages (621 words)
SUGAR The United States produces about 8 million tons (7.25 million tons) of sugar a year. "This provides $21.1 billion of the economic activity in 42 states." Florida, Hawaii, and Louisiana are major producers of cane sugar. The Red River Valley in Minnesota and North Dakota is the largest sugar-beet growing region in the United States.
As shown in the first paragraph, the sugar industry is a large part of the United States economy. Since March 2001 the price of …
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…been paying more for sugar. Supply and Demand of the sugar market is easy to explain. Sugar has Lopez 4 dropped and our, me as a consumer, is made to pay more.
Lopez 5 WORK CITED Henry J. Aaron, "Supply and demand," World Book Online Americas Edition, http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/540420, April 1, 2002.
"U.S. Sugar Crop", White Papers, Farm Bill, http://www.ussugar.com/pressroom/white_papers/farm Bill.html
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