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Harry Reid: “I can remember many years ago in the farm industry when the cost of pieces of equipment was almost nothing. Now one of…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2002
I can remember many years ago in the farm industry when the cost of pieces of equipment was almost nothing. Now one of those trucks can cost a million dollars. Would the Senator indicate how much farm equipment costs, generally speaking? We see the little John Deere tractor you used to be able to buy at Sears Roebuck. Now these pieces of equipment cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per farm; is that correct?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the rising costs of farm equipment during a Senate debate.

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