12/07/2011
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"This hearing of the Committee on Agriculture entitled, The Future of U.S. Farm Policy: Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill, will come to order."
"It is vitally important that the commodity title give producers options so they can choose the program that best works for them."
"I expect we will hear a different perspective than we got in the Northeast and the Midwest."
"Farmers and ranchers across the country continue to face hardships because of their missing funds, and have lost confidence in the futures system."