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Sugar is smallest crop with biggest money { September 4 2007 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14162033 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14162033 Politics Senate to Weigh Bill Tying Sugar, Ethanol by Peter Overby All Things Considered, September 4, 2007 · As the Senate reconvenes this week, one agenda item will be the regular five-year update of federal farm programs. The House passed its version — all 742 pages of it — just before the August recess. One contentious issue is always sugar, and this year is no different. So far, the sugar producers are winning. Their lobbyists have not only fended off attacks on sugar-price supports, but they've also persuaded the House to give sugar a new break — its own piece of federal ethanol policy. --------------------- EXCEPRT: 4:03 Peter Overby: It helped that sugar has plenty of friends in Congress. It's a small slice of the agriculture industry, but it produces more campaign money for Congress than any other crop. And David Kragnes says the lobbying is nonstop.

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