Washington Update: Spending Issues Drive Congressional Calendar Attacks Expected USDA's February World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates

摘要

Sugarcane and beet growers came to Capitol Hill in late February and early March to meet with key Members of Congress and staff as political leaders began the annual appropriations process to fund government programs and activities for the 2016/17 fiscal year. The visits from cane and beet farmers, including a score of Louisiana cane farmers, were timely.