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Farm Bill Uncertainty May Impact Beef Exports
2013-07-02 18:01:00| Beef
By Philip Seng, U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO The Houses failure to pass the farm bill was historic in several respects, but the most important may be the breakdown it represents in the traditional rural-urban coalition that has supported USDA programs since the 1960s. Failure to pass a farm bill by Sept. 30 would mean that the authorization to fund the USDA Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program would not continue beyond that date. read more
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