date:Jul 31, 2015
etener consumers have been fighting in Washington to end the trade restrictions of the U.S. sugar program to secure lower domestic prices, and they contend the long-standing political muscle of cane and beet growers is weakening.
Sugar farmers and processors say they still have sufficient support in Congress to continue the program, which they argue is necessary because of government subsidies to competitors around the world.
The U.S. sugar program-a complex collection of loans, price supports