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On the recordFebruary 29, 2016
When a farmer tells me, why don't we just take care of our own selves, take care the United States, kind of my standard reaction sometimes is, what 40 percent of acres in Kansas do we no longer want to farm?
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Senator Moran reflects on the importance of exports for farming in Kansas.

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