Monsanto Company (MON): Check Out This Sweet Deal for The Company

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Sugar high
According to the National Confectioners Association, which represents candy industry stalwarts such as Hershey, Mars, and Nestle, the sugar subsidy program has cost consumers about $14 billion since the Farm Bill’s adoption.

It’s a deal so sweet for Big Sugar, Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), and probably even Archer-Daniels that it makes your teeth hurt. It also shows that taxpayer subsidies are being passed along to those least in need of them.

The article Sweet Deal for Monsanto originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Rich Duprey has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Coca-Cola.

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