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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul‘s Iowa campaign announced Wednesday that they will begin a national outreach campaign into the nation’s agricultural sector, entitled the “Farmers for Ron Paul” coalition.
The announcement included key Iowa-based supporters involved in the ag industry.
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Dairy farmer and food choice advocate Tom German said, “Ron Paul’s policies provide farm families the best opportunity to succeed using the God-given resources with which they’ve been blessed. He promotes liberty for the benefit of individuals so that they may more freely and flexibly provide for their family, and improve their farm.”
German will serve on the national advisory board and is co-chairman of the campaign in Iowa’s 4th District.
In Iowa, the agriculture industry provides roughly 28 percent of the state’s economy.
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