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Rashida Tlaib: According to the Open Markets Institute, Mr. Chair, the industrial consolidation of ag has actually cost 17,000 cattle…

On the recordJuly 18, 2022
According to the Open Markets Institute, Mr. Chair, the industrial consolidation of ag has actually cost 17,000 cattle farmers in our country to go out of business every year since 1980.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib cites data on the negative impact of agricultural consolidation on farmers.

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