The U.S. and Mexican sugar industries are currently meeting with government officials in both countries to discuss ways  to help NAFTA’s sugar provisions run more smoothly.  For example, the industries suggest better data collection and more frequent government meetings to  help alleviate problems seen this past year when the USDA badly undershot import predictions based on the available data on Mexico....

A new phrase has started to pop up when discussing the confection industry: “recession proof.”  And according to recently released projections of Halloween candy sales, the term is pretty accurate. Approximately $2.23 billion in candy sales are expected this Halloween, an increase of nearly 2 percent from last year.  No wonder candy makers are enjoying big profits....

Join The Hand that Feeds U.S. as we send everyday Americans out to the farm to work their first harvest. We will share stories about the experience, along with photographs and audio interviews taken out in fields. And, we'll talk to the farmers first-hand to get their view of the annual event and what the harvest means to them...now featuring: sugarbeets.