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On the recordJuly 21, 2009
I think Senator Roberts said 40 million. I am not willing to concede that that necessarily will take cropland and will necessarily result in acre for acre reduction of feed and therefore increase costs for livestock producers.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Vilsack discusses the impact of legislation on cropland and livestock costs.

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