Sugar, like all crop staples are supported by the government to ensure that crops are overproduced to protect against crop failure and famine.

Any article, like the one you just linked, that omits this fact is a horrible source of information.

I'm sure you HAVE INDEED read the misinformation about farm subsidies before - it is a popular lie.

This article talks a little bit more about current high food prices globally, and how it impacts US food security stockpiles....

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4770135&page=1