Agriculture in Florida

Hagens Berman and Berman Law Group: Sugar Industry Spreads Lies about its Toxic Sugarcane Burning Following Florida Residents’ Lawsuit

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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, Professional services, Legal, Sugar, Agriculture in Florida, Ethanol fuel, Sugarcane, Tropical agriculture, Food and drink, Florida, Agriculture, U.S. Sugar

Burning is actually depleting the soil and will eventually bring an end to sugar cane harvests in the Glades.

Key Points: 
  • Burning is actually depleting the soil and will eventually bring an end to sugar cane harvests in the Glades.
  • U.S. Sugar is one of several defendants named in a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in 2019 by Berman Law Group on behalf of Florida residents in those communities most affected by Big Sugars practice of pre-harvest burning.
  • Furthermore, the monitor is only able to measure just one of the many pollutants emitted by sugarcane burning.
  • The same kind of burning Big Sugar does in Florida has been done away with elsewhere for a reason.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida Names New Chairman To Board Of Directors

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Friday, August 21, 2020
Articles, Agriculture in Florida, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Belle Glade, Florida, Hundley, Belle Glade, Board of directors, Business

BELLE GLADE, Fla., Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida announced at its August 20th board meeting that John L. Hundley stepped down as Chairman of the Board.

Key Points: 
  • BELLE GLADE, Fla., Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida announced at its August 20th board meeting that John L. Hundley stepped down as Chairman of the Board.
  • The board elected director Robert J. Underbrink as Chairman to succeed Hundley, effective immediately.
  • Underbrink is only the third Chairman to serve in the Cooperative's 60-year history.
  • He was elected to the Board of Directors in January 1994 and appointed to the Executive Committee in May 2006.

Solid Rebound Expected for U.S. Sugarbeet Industry

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Monday, June 1, 2020
Agriculture in Florida, Glades County, Florida, Hendry County, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S. Sugar, Florida, Regions of the United States

A new report from CoBanks Knowledge Exchange Division details the market forces and production dynamics that suggest the industry is well-positioned for a financial rebound, as consumer demand for sugar remains high.

Key Points: 
  • A new report from CoBanks Knowledge Exchange Division details the market forces and production dynamics that suggest the industry is well-positioned for a financial rebound, as consumer demand for sugar remains high.
  • With processors contracting refined sugar at much higher prices, fortunes are expected to turn favorable for growers and processors in the marketing year ahead.
  • The U.S. sugarbeet harvest last fall marked the fifth biggest year-over-year decline on record, dropping 14% to 28.6 million short tons.
  • USDAs Prospective Plantings report forecast U.S. sugarbeet acreage at 1,138,500 acres for 2020, an increase of 6,500 acres compared to 2019.

ASR Group Sugar Operation Earns First Bonsucro Certification in Mexico

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Food and drink, Carbohydrates, Sugar, Foods, American Sugar Refining, West Palm Beach, Florida, Agriculture in Florida, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Sugarcane, Sugar refinery, Bonsucro, Refinery

The Bonsucro certification process allowed us to examine our operations against rigorous CSR standards and, more importantly, improve upon our practices.

Key Points: 
  • The Bonsucro certification process allowed us to examine our operations against rigorous CSR standards and, more importantly, improve upon our practices.
  • ASR Group is the world's largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar.
  • Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in New York, California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico.
  • ASR Group is owned by Florida Crystals Corporation and Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.