It may be top ten, but it's only got 5% of the number one producer (Brazil) and less than half of relatively tiny countries like Thailand. A small part of Texas

It may be top ten, but it's only got 5% of the number one producer (Brazil) and less than half of relatively tiny countries like Thailand. A small part of Texas/Louisiana is suitable for sugar cane production, but basically the US climate is pretty sucky for sugar -- it's one of very few major crops that the US just can't produce in quantities that satisfy its needs. (At least, not without resorting to using corn for sweetening purposes.) I just chose Texas because it's big, and likely to be on the front lines of an expanded subtropical climate in the US. The image of vast canefields stretching from Lubbock to Corpus Christi amuses me.