Agriculture
Jim Hightower, Texas State Commissioner of Agriculture, talked about his alternatives to the administration farm policy and his lobbying efforts… read more
Jim Hightower, Texas State Commissioner of Agriculture, talked about his alternatives to the administration farm policy and his lobbying efforts to get additional federal support for organic and environmentally sensitive farming. Mr. Hightower spoke about the policy’s effect on commodity surpluses, export values, consumer prices and natural resource depletion. close
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