03/20/2012
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"In the absence of these agricultural offsets, it is not just agriculture that is negatively affected... the entire U.S. economy."
"A quarter to a third of what income we produce in agriculture comes from our ability to export agricultural commodities."
"And I guess my question would be, do you endorse this bill, or do you just endorse the concept behind the bill?"
"I am interested in knowing whether USDA has completed, even in preliminary form, any assessment of the additional costs to farmers for fertilizer, for natural gas, for diesel fuel."