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On the recordDecember 5, 2023
The numbers show that this program is disproportionately skewed not toward small family farmers but toward the biggest agribusinesses.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Blumenauer highlights the inequity in crop insurance favoring large agribusinesses over small farms.

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