Domestic Sugar Program- FY 2026 Reassignment and FY 2027 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Processor Allocations
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 sugarc...
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,
Carlann.Unger@usda.gov.
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
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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
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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.
7 U.S.C. 1359ee
7 CFR part 1435