106-2 Hearings: Review Of Federal Farm Policy, Serial No. 106-50, Part 2 (Final), May 1, 2000, Etc2000 |
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... commodities in general , and cotton in par- ticular , are still poor and it does appear that growers will again need ... commodity in this trouble . If it were , then a grower could switch to an alter- native crop . But , right now , the ...
... commodities in general , and cotton in par- ticular , are still poor and it does appear that growers will again need ... commodity in this trouble . If it were , then a grower could switch to an alter- native crop . But , right now , the ...
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... commodities . My home county of San Joaquin produces more than $ 1.3 billion worth of farm - valued commodities and con- sistently is one of the top eight agricultural counties in the Nation . There will be damaging repercussions to ...
... commodities . My home county of San Joaquin produces more than $ 1.3 billion worth of farm - valued commodities and con- sistently is one of the top eight agricultural counties in the Nation . There will be damaging repercussions to ...
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... commodities and consistently is one of the top 8 agricultural counties in the nation . There will be damaging ... commodity prices , farmers continue to hold up their end of the bargain 1106.
... commodities and consistently is one of the top 8 agricultural counties in the nation . There will be damaging ... commodity prices , farmers continue to hold up their end of the bargain 1106.
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... commodity prices now forces the government to take immediate and es- sential measures to help our industry survive this crisis as it has assisted producers of other commodities . We have a fourfold action plan we would like the ...
... commodity prices now forces the government to take immediate and es- sential measures to help our industry survive this crisis as it has assisted producers of other commodities . We have a fourfold action plan we would like the ...
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... COMMODITIES ACT The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ( PACA ) , which is administered by USDA to regulate trade in fresh produce , but which is fully funded by the industry , is critically important to our industry . PACA has ...
... COMMODITIES ACT The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act ( PACA ) , which is administered by USDA to regulate trade in fresh produce , but which is fully funded by the industry , is critically important to our industry . PACA has ...
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Page 1841 - You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
Page 1420 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.
Page 1501 - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.
Page 1420 - God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example.
Page 1251 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I would first like to thank you for...
Page 1841 - Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with you today on the state of EMS readiness for terrorism response.
Page 1066 - Once again, thank you for the opportunity to address the committee. [The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 1107 - Mr. Chairman and Committee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify before the committee regarding the Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act of 1995, HR 1202.
Page 1421 - STATEMENT OF HON. GREG WALDEN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON Mr. WALDEN. Thank you very much, Mr.
Page 1647 - I want to thank the committee for allowing me to express my views on...