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100 comments on Prepared Statement of Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-6-MD) for the US-China Economic and Security Commission Hearing on Energy

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oilmanbob on June 16, 2007 - 7:00pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Lots of sugar cane in Texas, too. That's how Sugarland, the suburb of Houston got its name. But labor costs in the US are too high to support a sugarcane industry.

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RollOutTheBarrel on June 16, 2007 - 7:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Mr f
Sugar beet is grown in midwest
20th largest US crop by value

Oilmanbob
Labor costs are not the problem with sugar
It's farm subsidies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States

http://www.cei.org/gencon/005,05314.cfm

"The sugar program is truly one of the worst forms of protectionism and is unlike any of our other farm programs"

Kelloggs

http://www.gmabrands.com/news/docs/Testimony.cfm?docid=1368

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