The properties of corn syrups shift wildly based on temperatures, viscosity issues making flow control and metering a real pain in the butt. It can be thick as gorilla glue at one area and thin as water in a hot area, then right back to glue after passing thru a refrigerated area.
That said, sugar is like moving sand. In one week all your 90 degree bend elbows in the pipes are completely cut through by the grainy sugar particles. It is conveyed in pipes using Pnu-Con system. A real long series of pipes that open and close valves to push slugs thru like breathing in, closing off, then breathing out.
Yeah, I could see all of that being a challenge from a pumping / material handling perspective. Then you get into grains and the possibility of dust explosions, etc.