date:Sep 24, 2012
ng quotas, enforces a minimum price, limiting how much US sugar processors can sell and forcing the US Department of Agriculture to buy surpluses for sale to ethanol refineries.
However, sugar producers hit back against the lobby, arguing that the US should be wary of lessons learned from similar action in Europe and not attempt to reform a system that generally works.
Proposed action on sugar prices failed to become legislation in the summer after being rejected in the Senate and House of Rep