Washington Update: Campaigns and Path to Farm Bill Passage USDA WASDE August Report on US Sugar Supply and Use

摘要

It's time for my annual reminder to consult your crop insurance agent, after reviewing my July 2012 article highlighting crop insurance buy-up potential, and make your risk management decisions before the RMA signup deadline, September 30th. Followingthe 29th International Sweetener Symposium in early August, the presidential campaigns heated up as GOP Candidate Romney named House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan as his running mate weeks ahead of the GOP Convention in Tampa. A Vice-President is constitutionally linked to settling ties in the Senate, and little else, so his role in future budget debates is difficult to calculate without knowing who controls the Senate in January 2013.