<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Early indication: Agribiz still rules the Hill]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by meander http://www.grist.org/article/the-democrats-and-ag-policy/ Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:20:32 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-democrats-and-ag-policy/1 Iowa in the Chairman's seat

I just read that Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa is the probable chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.  That's bad news for any farmer who is not growing commodity grain crops (and probably also for farmers who are growing commodity grain crops, as the system tends to keep tilting ever more in favor of big corporations).

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I just read that Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa is the probable chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.  That's bad news for any farmer who is not growing commodity grain crops (and probably also for farmers who are growing commodity grain crops, as the system tends to keep tilting ever more in favor of big corporations).

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