Senate rejects end of federal sugar program

Published May 23, 2013 2:09pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana’s $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal sugar program was defeated on the Senate floor.

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