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Earl Blumenauer: “The numbers show that this program is disproportionately skewed not toward small family farmers but toward the biggest…”

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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