Washington Update: Congress Hears Hurricane Damage Assessment Lameduck Session Likely Users Seek Additional Imports USDA WASDE October Report on US Sugar Supply and Use

摘要

Wallace "Dickie" Ellender testified before a joint Senate committee hearing in late September regarding the impact of hurricanes on this year's planting and harvesting of sugarcane. Mr. Ellender participated in a panel with Louisiana's Commissioner of Agriculture, Mike Strain, and a diversified producer from northeastern Louisiana, each attesting to the damaging effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.