There's no question that they hit the Louisiana farmers and the Florida farmers pretty hard. It knocked the cane over and inundated it with water.

The [U.S.] supply is still sorting itself out.

It's important to have our support organized and focused. It's a way our congressmen can keep other congressmen informed about what's happening.

The new dynamic is really a function of high oil prices and high gasoline prices and increasing recognition that there is a need to go to alternative fuels such as ethanol.