April 2008   VOLUME 4 ISSUE 4  
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High Costs, Low Prices Crippling Farmers

Sugar producers from across the country are feeling the pinch of low sugar prices and rising input costs. They are turning to the pending Farm Bill for help. The biggest question in farmers’ minds now is whether or not that help will come soon enough..


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A Farm Bill for the Bad Times Around the Corner

Opponents of farm policy are claiming that higher prices for some commodities negate the need for a new Farm Bill. The president and CEO of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida had this to say about a recent attack in the Orlando Sentinel:


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New Candy Factory to be Built in NY

Shrouded in secrecy, officials from Chemung County, NY, gave approval on April 1 for a major candy manufacturer to build a 100,000-square-foot facility in the county. This is yet another example of the candy business expanding, not shrinking, its footprint in the U.S.


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The sugar loan rate
has been frozen since 1985 even though input costs have soared.




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