Notice2026-20118
Domestic Sugar Program- FY 2026 Reassignment and FY 2027 Overall Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing Allotments and Processor Allocations
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Published
October 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentCommodity Credit Corporation
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62459-62461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20118]
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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.
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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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eead8f9c828f8080c0bb80898b9cae9b9d8a8fc0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c88ba9baa4a9a6a6e69da6afadba88bdbbaca9e6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>. 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]
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Initial FY26 Revised
Distribution allotments & FY26 revisions Reassignments allotments &
allocations 2/11/2026 allocations
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Total Louisiana........................ 2,024,210 2,339,675 20,556 2,360,231
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley.......................... 0 0 0 0
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* 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.
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\1\ See 7 U.S.C. 1359aa et seq. and 7 CFR part 1435.
Table 1--Initial FY 2027 State Allotments and Beet and Cane Processor
Allocations
[Short tons, raw value]
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Initial FY27
Distribution allotments &
allocations
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Beet Sugar....................................... 5,747,431
Cane Sugar....................................... 4,827,419
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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
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Total Beet Sugar............................. 5,747,431
State Cane Sugar Allotments
Florida.......................................... 2,721,800
Louisiana........................................ 2,105,619
Texas............................................ 0
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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
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Total Florida................................ 2,721,800
Louisiana:
Sugar Growers and Refiners....................... 1,461,789
M.A. Patout & Sons............................... 643,830
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Total Louisiana.............................. 2,105,619
Texas:
Rio Grande Valley................................ 0
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*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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