SANTA ROSA, Texas - Sean Brashear, president and CEO of Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc., has given an in-depth interview to Ron Whitlock of Ron Whitlock Reports.

After 51 years in business, the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers co-operative decided recently to cease operations.

In the interview, Brashear discusses his upbringing in a farming community, why sugar growing in the Valley was not sustainable without more irrigation water, his frustration with Mexico over fulfilling the terms of a water sharing treaty, and his efforts to find jobs for his workers.

To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.