date:Feb 28, 2013
appearance to kick off the program with the keynote address. He urged Congress to enact a new five-year Farm Bill and acknowledged calls from sugar-using industries to modify the U.S. sugar program, which falls to USDA under the Farm Bill. Scuse and his department are responsible for implementing provisions of the federal sugar program.
The sugar-using industries, including dairy, oppose the current U.S. sugar program because it constricts needed sugar imports, leading to tight supplies in the