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With New 'Farm Bill' Talks Starting Soon, America's Farmers Need to Unite
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(OPEN):
GOING INTO A NEW "FARM
BILL"-NEGOTIATION--NOW MORE THAN EVER--IT'S TIME FOR FARMERS, ACROSS THE NATION, TO UNITE.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO VINCENT "ZIPPY" DUVALL--THE PRESIDENT OF THE
"AMERICAN FARM-BUREAU FEDERATION"--WHO ADDS THAT
IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AMERICANS...
(DUVALL):
"IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND ALL THE AG-ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO WORK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON THE ISSUES THAT FACE AGRICULTURE: THE
'FARM BILL' BEING ONE OF THEM; REGULATION BEING ONE; TRADE BEING ONE. WE CALL IT A
'FARM BILL'; IT'S REALLY A 'FOOD-SECURITY BILL'. IT'S A 'FOOD-SECURITY
BILL' FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND, IT'S A SMALL INVESTMENT THAT EVERYBODY MAKES, INTO A PROGRAM THAT ASSURES THAT FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN MAKE IT FROM ONE CROP TO THE
NEXT--IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS LIKE MARKETING-DIFFICULTIES, DEPRESSED PRICES, OR EVEN A NATURAL DISASTER.
SO, IT IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOOD IS PRODUCED HERE IN
AMERICA--WHERE WE KNOW THAT IT'S SAFE. AND, THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS."
(CLOSE):
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FOR THE "INTERNATIONAL SWEETENER SYMPOSIUM" IN SAN DIEGO,
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