Trevor Aaronson: This year’s farm bills in the U.S. House and Senate will cut back on many of the subsidies for the nation’s agriculture industry. But the price supports that benefit the domestic sugar industry won’t be affected, demonstrating just how powerful Big Sugar is on Capitol Hill.

Amy Green: Big Sugar spends big to protect a price support system that costs consumers about $2 billion every year in increased food costs.

Amy Green: Ending the sugar program could harm impoverished Florida communities including Belle Glade and Pahokee.

Ashley Lopez: Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio voted down a measure that would have cut subsidies to the lucrative sugar industry.