“The USDA is mulling buying 400,000 tons of sugar to prevent defaults by sugar processors. Sugar prices have fallen dramatically since the USDA began a government price-support program, and loaned $862 million to the processors, reports WSJ.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/will-obama-bailout-crony-sugar.html
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