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Annie Kuster: “Part of the problem for us is that the MPP uses the national average feed cost, and my question is, that fails to take…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
Part of the problem for us is that the MPP uses the national average feed cost, and my question is, that fails to take into account the higher transportation and labor costs.
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Annie Kuster
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Kuster highlights issues with the Margin Protection Program's calculations affecting Northeast farmers.

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