1.   Cane growers and employees of the companies have been talking to Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, political groups and condo associations on a regular basis.

2.   Florida companies, the most efficient cane growers, may find some of their poorer lands are no longer profitable and take them out of production.

3.   If so, that candy would be barred from the U.S., says Joseph Terrell, a spokesman for U.S. sugar beet and cane growers.

4.   Indian production is suffering from bad relations between cane growers and sugar mills because of delays in payments by the mills to the farmers.

5.   And last year, some of the mills were unable to pay cane growers for their cane.

6.   Bancha Nakhasaksewi, a leader of the cane growers, said his group would arrive in Bangkok tomorrow night.

7.   Despite a lack of liquidity in the commercial banking system, Suwit said he will try to secure financial support for cane growers before the next harvest.

8.   However, the price increase was aimed at wholesalers and retailers, not cane growers and millers, since the ex-factory price would remain unchanged.

9.   Kamthorn Kittichotisap, secretary-general of the Sugar Planters Federation of Thailand, said cane growers would rally in Bangkok on Sunday to press for higher increase of retail price.

10.   Mills have struggled to find credit to cover the payment, leading to annual strikes by cane growers.