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Domestic Sugar Program: Fiscal Year 2026 Reassignment and Fiscal Year 2027 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Processor[...]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation

Domestic Sugar Program- FY 2026 Reassignment and FY 2027 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Processor Allocations

AGENCY:

Commodity Credit Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this notice to: revise fiscal year (FY) 2026 (crop year 2025) State cane sugar allotments and allocations to sugarcane processors; revise FY 2026 allocations to sugar beet processors; and announce the FY 2027 (crop year 2026) overall sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ), State cane sugar allotments, and sugar beet and sugarcane processor allocations. Revisions to FY 2026 allotments and allocations apply to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Fiscal year 2027 allotments and allocations apply to all domestic beet and cane sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carlann Unger; telephone: (872) 274-0064; or email, [email protected]. Individuals with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY mode)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay service (both voice and text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FY 2026 Cane Reassignment

In accordance with section 359e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ee), after evaluating each sugarcane State and sugarcane processor's ability to market its full allotment and allocation, USDA is reassigning allocations from Florida sugarcane processors with surplus allocation to Florida sugarcane processors with deficit allocation. In addition, USDA is reassigning 20,556 short tons, raw value (STRV) of Florida FY 2026 allotment to Louisiana, which results in the reassignment of allocations from Florida sugarcane processors with surplus allocation to Louisiana sugarcane processors with deficit allocation, as shown in the table below.

FY 2026 Beet Reassignment

In addition, after evaluating each beet sugar processor's ability to market its full allocation, USDA is reassigning allocations from beet sugar processors with surplus allocation to beet sugar processors with deficit allocation, also shown in the table below.

Table 1-FY 2026 Revised Beet and Cane Allotments and Allocations [Short tons, raw value]
Distribution Initial FY26 allotments &allocations FY26 revisions 2/11/2026 Reassignments Revised allotments &allocations
Beet Sugar 5,525,221 5,525,221 0 5,525,221
Cane Sugar 4,640,779 4,640,779 0 4,640,779
Imports 0 0
Total OAQ 10,166,000 10,166,000 0 10,166,000
Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co 1,182,992 1,253,366 22,090 1,275,456
American Crystal Sugar Co 2,031,883 2,062,295 −44,870 2,017,425
Michigan Sugar Co 570,620 619,628 −3,097 616,531
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op 383,721 365,520 −12,756 352,764
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op 745,729 541,286 −24,263 517,024
Western Sugar Co 564,013 622,606 52,917 675,523
Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC 46,264 60,519 9,980 70,499
Total Beet Sugar 5,525,221 5,525,221 0 5,525,221
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
Florida 2,616,569 2,301,104 −20,556 2,280,548
Louisiana 2,024,210 2,339,675 20,556 2,360,231
Texas 0 0 0 0
Total Cane Sugar 4,640,779 4,640,779 0 4,640,779
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Florida:
Florida Crystals 1,077,310 863,521 −20,529 842,992
Growers Co-op. of FL 470,682 439,888 25,835 465,722
U.S. Sugar Corp 1,068,577 997,696 −25,862 971,834
Total Florida 2,616,569 2,301,104 −20,556 2,280,548
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners 1,405,272 1,621,172 16,524 1,637,696
M.A. Patout & Sons 618,938 718,502 4,032 722,534
Total Louisiana 2,024,210 2,339,675 20,556 2,360,231
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley 0 0 0 0
* Values may not sum to column total due to rounding.

USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis and may make program adjustments during FY 2026 if needed.

FY 2027 Overall Allotment Quantity Establishment

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, requires USDA to establish the OAQ at a quantity not less than 85 percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for the crop year (7 U.S.C. 1359cc). USDA is establishing the initial FY 2027 (crop year 2026) OAQ at 10,574,850 STRV, equal to 85 percent of 12,441,000 STRV, the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human consumption for FY 2027 as forecast in the September 2026 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). Per the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 54.35 percent of the OAQ is distributed among beet processors and 45.65 percent is distributed among the sugarcane States and cane processors, with the beet and cane sector allotments distributed to individual processors according to formulas set out in law. (1) Although the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, directs USDA to assign 325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment to "offshore States," CCC has determined that while sugarcane was formerly produced in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, both have permanently exited sugarcane production. As a result, CCC has allocated the 325,000 STRV of the cane sector allotment previously reserved for offshore States to the mainland sugarcane producing States. Additionally, because no sugarcane crop is forecast to be produced in Texas during FY 2027 (crop year 2026), the Texas portion of the mainland sugarcane allotment is distributed to other mainland sugarcane producing states. The initial FY 2027 sugar marketing State allotments and processor allocations are listed in the table below.

Table 1-Initial FY 2027 State Allotments and Beet and Cane Processor Allocations [Short tons, raw value]
Distribution Initial FY27 allotments& allocations
Beet Sugar 5,747,431
Cane Sugar 4,827,419
Total OAQ 10,574,850
Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Amalgamated Sugar Co 1,230,569
American Crystal Sugar Co 2,113,806
Michigan Sugar Co 593,569
Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op 399,153
So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op 775,720
Western Sugar Co 586,490
Wyoming Sugar Company, LLC 48,124
Total Beet Sugar 5,747,431
State Cane Sugar Allotments
Florida 2,721,800
Louisiana 2,105,619
Texas 0
Total Cane Sugar 4,827,419
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Florida:
Florida Crystals 1,120,637
Growers Co-op. of FL 489,612
U.S. Sugar Corp 1,111,552
Total Florida 2,721,800
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners 1,461,789
M.A. Patout & Sons 643,830
Total Louisiana 2,105,619
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley 0
*Values may not sum due to rounding.

USDA will closely monitor stocks, consumption, imports and all sugar market and program variables on an ongoing basis and may make program adjustments during FY 2027 if needed.

Jared Hagert,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2026-20118 Filed 9-30-26; 8:45 am]
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Footnotes

(1) See 7 U.S.C. 1359aa et seq. and 7 CFR part 1435.

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