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Near-Death of Hawaiian Sugar Industry Explained
(Chuck Muth) – The opinion column below, published last week in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, provides a quick primer on the...
Chuck MuthAugust 1, 2015 -
Senate amendment to limit sugar loans withdrawn
By Jerry Hagstrom GRAND FORKS HERALD WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., on July 17 presented an amendment to the Senate...
Chuck MuthJuly 26, 2015 -
Beware the Big Candy Bailout
(By Chuck Muth) – Even though U.S. Census data say otherwise, U.S. candy manufacturers claim they have been shipping jobs overseas...
Chuck MuthJuly 15, 2015 -
Will Nine Times be the Charm for Big Candy?
Big Candy didn’t get to be Big Candy by taking no for an answer. Since 2012, lobbyists for candy-makers and cookie...
Chuck MuthJuly 7, 2015 -
Federal Land Grab Far Bigger Problem than No-Cost Sugar Program
When the opening line of a column inked by a former congressman reads, “The EPA just finalized one of the biggest...
Chuck MuthJune 29, 2015 -
It’s not a free market if the market isn’t free of government intervention
How in the world does a country “hampered by inadequate moisture and poor (sugar) cane quality, small farm size, lack of...
Chuck MuthJune 23, 2015 -
Thai government compounds rice mistake with subsidized sugar blunder
A recent, extensive study – “Thailand’s Sugar policy: Government Drives production and export expansion,” conducted by Antoine Meriot of Sugar Expertise...
Chuck MuthJune 17, 2015 -
U.S. Should Not Follow E.U.’s “Monstrous Idiocy” on Sugar
For U.S. policy makers who think it’s only “third world” countries – such as Thailand, India and Brazil – that juice...
Chuck MuthJune 8, 2015 -
Brazilian Sugar Barons Threatening Courtroom War with India, Thailand over Government Subsidies
Brazilian sugarcane producers – which account for roughly half of the world’s sugar market – are threatening to launch a trade...
Chuck MuthJune 3, 2015 -
Uncle George had a farm…E, I, E, I Owe
(By Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach) – It’s amazing the things you often find online by accident. Indeed, in doing some...
Chuck MuthMay 26, 2015
