testimony of jack roney on behalf the us sugar industry future policy committee agriculture united states senate washington dc july 17 2001 mr chairman senator lugar members thank you for opportunity to testify before today issues critical american i am director economics and analysis alliance proud speak growers processors refiners sugarbeets sugarcane 172 000 farmers workers their families in 27 employed directly indirectly by producing would like describe current plight producers ways which we are similar other major program crops not domestic foreign factors behind financial crises facing legislative remedies that will work best consumers taxpayers source data this is department unless otherwise noted endnotes appear page 24 figures begin
