[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62339-62341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25945]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Domestic Sugar Program--2011-Crop Cane Sugar and Beet Sugar 
Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice 
to publish the fiscal year (FY) 2012 State sugar marketing allotments 
and company allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet processors, which 
apply to all domestic sugar marketed for human consumption in the 
United States from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012. 
Although CCC already has announced most of the information in this 
notice through a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) news 
release, CCC is required to publish the determinations establishing, 
adjusting, or suspending sugar marketing allotments in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners 
Analysis Group, Economic and Policy Analysis Staff, Farm Service 
Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave, SW., Mail Stop 0516, Washington, 
DC 20250-0516; telephone (202) 720-4146; FAX

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(202) 690-1480; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 18, 2011, CCC announced the 
initial FY 2012 overall sugar marketing allotment quantity (OAQ) of 
9,456,250 short tons, raw value (STRV). The OAQ is equal to 85 percent 
of the sugar for human consumption estimate for the crop year of 
11,125,000 STRV as forecast in the July 2011 World Agricultural Supply 
and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938, as amended, requires that the OAQ be set at not less than 85 
percent of the estimated quantity of sugar for domestic human 
consumption for the crop year, and that a fixed portion of the OAQ be 
assigned to the beet sector and the cane sector. CCC distributed the FY 
2012 beet sugar allotment of 5,139,472 STRV (54.35 percent of the OAQ) 
among the sugar beet processors and the cane sugar allotment of 
4,316,778 STRV (45.65 percent of the OAQ) among the sugarcane 
processors.
    CCC determined that it was not necessary to establish farm level 
proportionate shares in Louisiana, the only State eligible for 
proportionate shares, in FY 2012. The cane sugar sector was not 
expected to fill its allotment and therefore, there was no need to 
limit sugarcane acreage in that State through proportionate shares. 
Additionally, CCC determined that the Feedstock Flexibility Program 
(FFP) will not be implemented in FY 2012 based on the forecast of 
limited sugar supplies and prices significantly above the support 
level. The probability of forfeitures of sugar loan collateral under 
CCC price support loans in FY 2012, which triggers FFP, was determined 
to be very low.
    The initial FY 2012 sugar marketing State allotments and processor 
allocations are listed in the following table:

        FY 2012 Overall Beet and Cane Allotments and Allocations
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                                                        Initial FY 2012
                    Distribution                       allocations  STRV
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Beet Sugar..........................................           5,139,472
Cane Sugar..........................................           4,316,778
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    Total OAQ.......................................           9,456,250
                                                     ===================
Beet Processors' Marketing Allocations:
    Amalgamated Sugar Co............................           1,100,400
    American Crystal Sugar Co.......................           1,889,666
    Michigan Sugar Co...............................             530,782
    Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op..........................             356,931
    So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op.......................             693,665
    Western Sugar Co................................             524,994
    Wyoming Sugar Growers, LLC......................              43,034
                                                     -------------------
        Total Beet Sugar............................           5,139,472
                                                     ===================
State Cane Sugar Allotments:
    Florida.........................................           2,148,906
    Louisiana.......................................           1,662,420
    Texas...........................................             186,808
    Hawaii..........................................             318,664
                                                     -------------------
        Total Cane Sugar............................           4,316,778
                                                     ===================
Cane Processors' Marketing Allocations:
Florida:
    Florida Crystals................................             884,761
    Growers Co-op of Florida........................             386,557
    U.S. Sugar Corp.................................             877,588
                                                     -------------------
        Total Florida...............................           2,148,906
                                                     ===================
Louisiana:
    Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, Inc..............           1,154,105
    M.A. Patout & Sons..............................             508,315
                                                     -------------------
        Total Louisiana.............................           1,662,420
                                                     ===================
Texas:
    Rio Grande Valley...............................             186,808
Hawaii:
    Gay &Robinson, Inc..............................              73,145
    Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company.............             245,499
                                                     -------------------
        Total Hawaii................................             318,644
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* The sums of individual entries may not match totals due to rounding.



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    Signed on September 30, 2011.
Bruce Nelson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2011-25945 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
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