It's not the corn subsidies; it's the tariff on sugar imports. The US cannot produce much cane sugar domestically. Corn subsidies are only about $2B a year, a

It's not the corn subsidies; it's the tariff on sugar imports. The US cannot produce much cane sugar domestically. Corn subsidies are only about $2B a year, and 75% of corn is used for animal feed or ethanol. http://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=corn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize#U.S._usage_breakdown