Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 7/29/21


Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has reintroduced the Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2021 in the U.S. House to reform the federal sugar support program. Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the bill in the Senate. The lawmakers say the federal sugar support program currently costs consumers and businesses as much as $4 billion per year. The legislation would lift restrictions on the domestic supply of refined sugar and reduce taxpayer liability for suga

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