Sugar
Lower-band Specialty receipts from USDA ERS (2023), smaller national share, still scored state-by-state in the table below.
$4.1B · lower-third receipts · 5% of peak $80.0B
Category: Specialty · USDA Code: SUGAR
Sugar is a lower-band commodity in this table
Sugar is in the lower third of valued commodities at $4.1B (5% of peak $80.0B), below mid-pack peers above $7.5B.
Production of sugar is tracked across states in the USDA Census of Agriculture; state receipt rows are not joined on this page yet.
In the Specialty accounts, sugar receipts are a smaller national share but can dominate farm income inside the leading states. Figures follow USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics and NASS production series, not typed editorial estimates.
Questions on this low-band Specialty
Where does Sugar sit on national cash receipts in this table?
US sugar cash receipts are $4.1B, in the lower third of valued commodities (5% of peak $80.0B). Top state: FL.
Which states produce the most sugar?
State-level production data for sugar is published in the USDA Census of Agriculture; this page does not yet join those state rows.
Compare another Specialty account: Tobacco ($1.3B) · How PlainFarmData sources USDA figures
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Farm Income and Wealth Statistics For informational purposes only, not financial, investment, or agricultural advice. Data may be subject to revision by the source agency.
Every figure on PlainFarmData is rendered from USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (state and national payments) or the USDA NASS Census of Agriculture (county farm structure), depending on the page, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USDA ERS Farm Income and Wealth Statistics (and NASS production series where shown), no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.