Sugar. A farm to table ingredient minimally processed. In 1887, a sugar beet crop was planted in Belle Valley where the soil was suitable for the root vegetable. In the 1920's, the Belle Fourche Sugar Plant was established, turning a profit until 1950. With various hurdles including rising costs and low sugar content from sugar beets brought in, the plant closed in 1965.
A senate hearing entitled Federal Sugar Program occurred in 2000, where a panel of people with varied views spoke of concerns with no free trade in the sugar market. Volatile sugar prices had hurt producers and consumers in the United States. In today's administration, President Biden has nominated a former Secretary of Agriculture from the Obama administration, Tom Vilsack, and a new incoming Agriculture Deputy Secretary, Dr. Jewel Bronaugh. If confirmed, farm groups applaud the many years of food and ag experience Bronaugh will bring.
Federal Sugar Program: hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session on federal sugar program, July 26, 2000.
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