Government Subsidies to Sugar Industry Add More Than $2 Billion a Year to Food Prices

Government Subsidies to Sugar Industry Add More Than $2 Billion a Year to Food Prices, IRIB World Service, Sept. 20, 2012. In Washington, Big Sugar is not an affectionate nickname, but rather a powerful lobby that garners generous subsidies which wind up costing consumers billions of dollars annually. Michael Wohlgenant, agricultural and resource economics, featured.