Voices of Sugar
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Unlike many other crops that are seeing record prices, the cost of sugar has remained relatively flat. Stagnant prices combined with soaring fuel and fertilizer costs have left sugar producers reeling. But there is a new sense of optimism in the industry about the future, and it's all because of the new Farm Bill...
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It's not often that a big-city newspaper will print a favorable opinion piece about farm policy. Take a look at this reprint from the Palm Beach Post earlier this month...
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Goodbye and Good Luck, Good Friend
The conclusion of the 2008 Farm Bill brought mixed emotions for the sugar industry. There were smiles of relief because the long political grind was finally over. But smiles gave way to tears when folks realized that Dalton Yancey, a 30-year sugar lobbyist, had completed his last legislative task and would now retire to Florida with his wife, Barbie.
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The average retail sugar price in the developed world is 30% higher than in America.
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