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Brazil Sweetens the Sugar Subsidy Pot
If free market competition spurs competitiveness, then government subsidies clearly spur government subsidization. Thus the recent announcement from the world’s largest...
March 11, 2014 -
Sugar Policy Critic Really Just Hates Sugar
In a recent op-ed published by The Hill, self-proclaimed “food policy writer” James Patterson argued that Congress should repeal the U.S....
March 5, 2014 -
Quick Hits from the Not-so-Free Market
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in November that the global glut of sugar for the 2013-14 growing season will jump...
February 24, 2014 -
Not Raining on Brazil’s Sugar Parade
A recent Wall Street Journal report out of Sao Paulo warns that “The recent weather in Brazil’s main sugar-cane growing areas...
February 18, 2014 -
The U.S. can sweeten its sugar trade by ending subsidies
(Tom Giovanetti) – It’s two years overdue, but the farm bill finally made it through Congress and on Friday was signed...
February 11, 2014 -
Brazilian Sugar Pot Calls Indian Kettle Black
Despite cornering over 50 percent of the world’s sugar market, Brazil’s sugar industry last week was singing the blues over India’s...
February 10, 2014 -
As sugar prices drop, candy prices continue rising
Sugar industry challenges growing Competition and low sugar prices putting pressure on local sugar growers by Lynda Edwards THE ADVERTISER February...
February 5, 2014 -
Pakistani Sugar Mills Demand Continued Government Support
Even as some in Congress continue demanding unilateral disarmament via the elimination of the current U.S. domestic sugar program, Pakistan is...
January 27, 2014 -
Look, a Sugar Glut…Let’s Add to It!
On January 16, Bloomberg.com reported that “India, the world’s biggest sugar producer after Brazil, will subsidize shipments of raw sweetener to...
January 20, 2014 -
The Global Farm Market: A Crony Socialist Nightmare Mess
by Seton Motley Our Congress may be on the verge of extruding yet another terrible farm bill. Which has been for...
January 14, 2014
