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Carl Levin: “Farming is risky business. It is a notoriously thin margin the people in the food industry have.”

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
Farming is risky business. It is a notoriously thin margin the people in the food industry have.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin emphasizes the challenges faced by the farming industry due to thin profit margins.

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