U.S. Sugar

U.S. Sugar Corporation is a privately owned agricultural business based in Clewiston, Florida. The company farms over 230,000 acres of land in the counties of Hendry, Glades, Martin, and Palm Beach. It is the largest producer of sugarcane in the United States by volume, producing over 700,000 tonnes per year. The company is also a large producer of refined sugar, sweet corn and oranges.

U.S. Sugar Corporation
Company typePrivately held corporation
Industryagricultural
PredecessorSouthern Sugar Corporation
Founded1931 (1931)
FounderCharles Stewart Mott
Headquarters
Clewiston, Florida
Key people
William S. White (Chairman)
Robert Buker (CEO)
Products
Owners
  • Company's pension fund and employees (40% estimate)
  • Mott Children's Health Center (22%)
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (19%)
  • Community Foundation of Greater Flint (6%)
SubsidiariesSouthern Gardens Citrus
Websitewww.ussugar.com

U.S. Sugar is considered in South Florida along with Florida Crystals and the 54-member Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida known as Big Sugar. The company is one of the largest job providers in the Glades region of Florida, employing more than 2,500 employees.

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