Concentration of Cane Sugar Refining

At the present time, there are but three cane refiners in the United State since American Sugar acquired C & H in California.

The most
recent move came in August, when the American Sugar Refining
Corporation purchased C&H Sugar, leaving only three cane sugar refiners in the country. American Sugar Refining's output is marketed by Domino Foods, which also markets production from the Florida Crystals refinery.

What this means to US growers remains to be seen. Some North Dakota beet growers are looking forwar to a better year in 2006.