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Jeff Miller: We have to be proud of American agriculture. It is the most efficient and productive in the world. We are the major…

On the recordApril 23, 1997
We have to be proud of American agriculture. It is the most efficient and productive in the world. We are the major exporter of agriculture products. I do not know the number, but that is one of our largest trade surpluses we have. I have a lot of citrus in the State of Florida, of course. We cannot consume all of the citrus we grow in the State of Florida. We have to export. Tropicana is my largest employer in my district. Twenty-eight percent of the juice they produce there in my area goes outside the United States. Fifty percent of the fresh grapefruits in the State of Florida are shipped outside the United States. So we have to export some products and some products we have to import. I mean, that is just a fact. Sugar, we just do not have the land.
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Discussing the importance of agriculture and exports in Florida.

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