To meet US requests, although rice prices were higher than those of sugar at the time, Taiwan set up the Sugarcane Farmers 'Extension Service in 1965. This organization continually made use of fertilizer loan credits, cash loans, and guaranteed loans to encourage expanded sugarcane production.
為配合美國的要求，雖然當時稻米價格超越蔗糖，我國在民國五十四年成立的「蔗農服務社」仍不斷以肥料借貸、現金貸付、擔保借款等手段，鼓勵蔗農擴大生產。