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Jim Costa: Should the three-legged stool of direct payments, the countercyclical program, and marketing loan assistance be updated…

On the recordJune 23, 2011
Should the three-legged stool of direct payments, the countercyclical program, and marketing loan assistance be updated to reflect the new trends in prices?
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Questioning the relevance of existing agricultural support programs.

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