11. Lobbyists for sugar growers and sugar users bring out their big guns Tuesday, one day before House hearings on ending price support programs. 12. Millions of dollars are at stake for the Fanjuls and other sugar growers. 13. Rep. Billy Tauzin, D-New Orleans., meets with sugar growers from Houma and Thibodaux about the possible elimination of Federal sugar subsidies. 14. Sem-Chi is a division of sugar grower Florida Crystals Corp., now based in West Palm Beach. 15. She said sugar growers are already paying their fair share of the restoration costs under the Everglades Forever Act. 16. Sugar growers own much of the land needed for Everglades restoration. 17. Sugar growers want the case dismissed. 18. Sugar grower El Ingenio listed its shares on the Lima Stock Exchange, paving the way for a strategic investor to acquire the company. 19. Sugar growers charge that an end to planting restrictions will depress prices. 20. Sugar growers say they need price supports and import limits to stay in business. |