US Sugar Corporation

US Sugar Corporation

The US Sugar Corporation is a large privately owned agricultural business based in Clewiston, Florida.cite web|url=http://www.ussugar.com/company/agribusiness.html|title=U.S. Sugar Corp. (About)|publisher=U.S. Sugar Corp.|language=English|accessdate=2008-06-25] . The company farms over convert|187858|acre|km2 of land in the counties of Hendry, Glades and Palm Beach. It is the largest producer of sugarcane in the United States, producing over 700,000 tons per year. The company is also a large producer of refined sugar and oranges.

On 24 June 2008, Florida's Governor, Charlie Crist, announced the state is in negotiations to buy convert|187000|acre|km2 of land from the company as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/24/conservation.usa|title=Florida to buy 187,000 farmland acres to preserve Everglades|last=Schor|first=Elana|date=2008-06-24|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=2008-06-25] Under the proposals, the company would continue to farm the land for the next six years, after which time the state would then convert the land back to its original natural marshland state.

ee also

* Draining and development of the Everglades
* Restoration of the Everglades
* Everglades

Links

* [http://www.ussugar.com/ US Sugar Corporation Website]

References


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