STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute, or AAI, is a new partner with the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida or SCGC. The kick-off meeting, held on ...

In the 1980s, it was acquired by members of the Fanjul family, Cuban exiles who started sugar cane farms in Florida. The Fanjuls were prominent donors to both Democrats and Republicans ...