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U.S. agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal

These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains — 600 percent above average in some places — inundated fields and homes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that this year’s corn and soybean crops will be the smallest in four years, due partly to delayed planting. Even before the floods, farm bankruptcies were […]

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