George F. Will: Too sweet to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleSweet deal just won't end
Travel Deals $77 & up -- Atlantic City Boardwalk Hotel w/$20 Credit See all travel deals » George Will Posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 3:01 AM The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio...
View ArticleCongress needs to stop subsidies to sugar farmers
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleSugar lovers fork over cash for farm subsidies
WASHINGTON — The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But...
View ArticleWill: The irrationailty of sugar protectionism
THE STEAMBOAT conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory's vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleGeorge Will: Too sweet to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleSugar deal too sweet for Senate to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleA government handout that’s just too sweet to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleProtections just too sweet for the US Senate to kill
WASHINGTON — The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But...
View ArticleGeorge Will: Sugar producers' sweet deal
WASHINGTON Facts Marco Rubio represents Florida's sugar cane growers better than he does its 19.3 million sugar consumers, or his own tea party expostulations. The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will: Policies too sweet to eliminate
BY GEORGE F. WILL • WASHINGTON — The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory's vow to clean...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will commentary: Americans stuck with sugar protectionism
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View ArticleA deal too sweet to pass up: George Will
Sugar protectionism is forever. By George Will The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s...
View ArticleCOLUMN: 'Uncle Sugar' still helping nation's sugar producers
WASHINGTON — The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickorys vow to clean up Washington. But...
View ArticleGeorge F. Will / Too sweet to kill
WASHINGTON The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory's vow to clean up Washington. But...
View ArticleEnding government’s sugar buy-back program would be a sweet victory
OF ALL THE many ways in which federal policy distorts agricultural markets, none is more convoluted than the protectionist scheme for sugar. The government sets aside a maximum of 85 percent of the...
View ArticleUSDA tries new strategy to stem glut of sugar imports
WASHINGTON U.S. sugarcane and sugar beet farmers are bracing for a flood – but not one caused by the weather. Rather, it’s a flood of imported sugar from Mexico. Record production and imports are...
View ArticleCashing in on Uncle Sam's sweet tooth
Federal efforts to protect growers of sugar beets and sugar cane epitomize everything that's wrong with U.S. farm programs. At times they've artificially raised the price of sugar, costing consumers...
View ArticleSugar Glut Easing as Bear Market Spurs Supply Cuts: Commodities
Sugar production is poised to contract for the first time in five years just as consumption expands to a record, diminishing a global glut that has kept prices in a bear market since September....
View ArticleSugar Price War Revived as U.S. Senators Seek Cheap Candy
A group of lawmakers is using a day set aside for the exchange of Valentines to propose cuts in U.S. price supports for sugar, a commodity that has triggered policy disputes since the British ruled the...
View ArticleJim Moseley and A.G. Kawamura: Farmers, ranchers need immigration reform
We are farmers who raise different types of crops in different regions of our country. Like all farmers, we have lived through difficult periods when bad weather, low prices or weak demand had us...
View ArticleBig Sugar’s subsidy — how sweet it is
Cut by cut, the forced budget reductions known as the sequester are beginning to affect millions of Americans. Head Start education programs for low-income students are being slashed. So are medical...
View ArticleSugar protectionism means taxpayers lose out
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the...
View ArticleWill: Too sweet to kill
The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829 inauguration had brooms lashed to its bow, symbolizing Old Hickory’s vow to clean up Washington. But sweeping out...
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: Big Sugar's subsidy � how sweet it is
Cut by cut, the forced budget reductions known as the sequester are beginning to affect millions of Americans. Head Start education programs for low-income students are being slashed. So are medical...
View ArticleHiaasen: Big Sugar’s subsidy — how sweet it is
Cut by cut, the forced budget reductions known as the sequester are beginning to affect millions of Americans. Head Start education programs for low-income students are being slashed. So are medical...
View ArticleSugar beets will be turned into biofuel creating more jobs in Central Valley, CA
If farmers and scientists can produce cheaper, greener, and more sustainable biofuel from cellulose, rather than starch, then farmers won't need to compete with food products. But locally, in the...
View ArticleU.S. Can’t Get Enough Sugar for Dum Dums With Import Curb
Spangler Candy Co. saw last month just how tight and costly U.S. sugar supplies are. For the first time in at least 38 years, the company couldn’t get the sweetener it needed to make Dum Dum Pops and...
View ArticleUS sugar subsidies a sour deal for taxpayers
Ever notice how some government programs draw the ire of almost everyone? Conservatives, liberals, environmentalists, libertarians, business, labor, consumers and grouchy taxpayers are all opposed. Yet...
View ArticleWhy farmers see fertile ground on immigration reform
We are farmers who raise different types of crops in different regions of our country. Like all farmers, we have lived through difficult periods when bad weather, low prices or weak demand had us...
View ArticleThe U.S. sugar industry: Names to know
Major players The Fanjuls: This Palm Beach, Fla.-based family controls the world’s largest sugar refining operation. Led by the politically connected brothers Alfonso “Alfy” Fanjul and José “Pepe”...
View ArticlePlan to turn sugar into fuel
Durban - Plans for a massive sugar-to-petrol scheme in Maputaland have raised fears that protecting food supply, water and the environment may play second fiddle to economics in the “gold rush” for...
View ArticleTaxpayers face payouts on sugar supports
WASHINGTON – Supporters regularly defend the nation’s sugar price-support program that props up Minnesota’s sugar beet industry, saying that it operates at no cost to the taxpayers. But with sugar...
View ArticleTurning Beets Into Ethanol: California Farmers Team Up For Unique New Project
FIVE POINTS, Calif. -- Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state's farms...
View Article>Calif. farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol
FIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) — Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state's...
View ArticleCalif. farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol
FIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) — Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state's...
View ArticleUSDA Announces 2014-Crop Sugar Loan Rates and FY 2015 Sugar Program...
(Source: FSA - Farm Service Agency) Release 0152.14 Contact: Kent Politsch (202) 720-7163 WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today...
View ArticleBrown Named to Key Panel to Negotiate Final Farm Bill (United States Senate)
(Source: United States Senate) Tuesday, October 22, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), announced his appointment as a Senate conferee to help finalize a 2013...
View ArticleHere's how the Farm Bill hurts the Sweetest Place on Earth: Jerry Shenk
Farm policy is a bipartisan outrage: 89 House Democrats voted for the bill. In the Senate, Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey voted “Nay.” By Jerry Shenk If you thought Soviet-style central...
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