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Barbara Boxer: “My growers have assured me that if the allocation is there, they will be able to grow the sugar beets necessary to meet…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2007
My growers have assured me that if the allocation is there, they will be able to grow the sugar beets necessary to meet the need. They have told me that under the 2002 farm bill, they lost 133,750 tons raw value in allocation and would need near that amount to keep the Mendota refinery open. Senator Harkin, as much as 74,900 tons raw value in allocation is being reassigned this year from sugar cane growers, and another 6,800 tons raw value in allocation is being reassigned from growers in Puerto Rico.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of sugar allocation on growers and the Mendota refinery.

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