路易斯安那州的甘蔗农场数量从2002年的850个减少到现在的550个。
The number of sugarcane farms in Louisiana has dwindled to 550 compared with 850 as recently as 2002.
尽管如此，路易斯安那州的甘蔗农场数量已经由2002年的850个减少到了550个。因为很多年来，蔗糖价格一直很低，而油价和肥料的价格却越来越高。
Even so, the number of sugarcane farms in Louisiana has dwindled to 550 compared with 850 as recently as 2002, thanks to years of stubbornly low sugar prices and rising fuel and fertiliser costs.
和艾伦德先生的农场一样，路易斯安那州几乎所有的甘蔗农场都是家庭所有的。而在美国糖产量第一的福罗里达州，几乎所有的糖都控制在农业综合企业手中。
Almost all Louisiana's sugarcane farms are, like Mr Ellender's, family-owned; in Florida, America's top-producing sugar state, almost all of the sugar is in the hand of agribusiness.
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