Sugar Farmin in the South

In the past fifteen years, the sugar industry has been under has been under fire for numerous different reasons. Most of which has been the destruction of the Everglades and its habitat. Since then, sugar farmers have did their part to help protect the Everglades by donating millions of dollars and lowering the amount of chemicals in run-off water. Once again, they are under fire. The new Farm Security Act, or The Farm Bill, plans …

…by. In conclusion, problems of U.S sugar producers are complex and are not isolated. Sugar Farmers do not want to be treated more favorably than others, but treated equally. They want their fair opportunity to farm and make a living. On October the 4, of 2001, lawmakers opposed the Miller- Miller Amendment giving more freedom to the new Farm Bill. Hopefully, lawmakers will implement a Farm bill that will positively affect the U.S. farming economy.