The U.S, sugar program Is under widespread attack. Vet it Is one of our most effective and cost-efficient agricultural commodity programs. It preserves the domestic sugarcane and sugar beet Industries and strengthens corn prices. It helps cut our historic trade deficit in sweeteners. And it does...

U.S. farm output, from the 1930s until 1981, increased steadily, but growth stopped in the 1980s. Now, after 9 years of volatility, total farm output is less than it was in 1981. The largest decline occurred in the production of grains and oil crops such as soybeans. This stagnation of the 1980s...