The agricultural industry as farmers know now, compared to where they were 30, 40 years ago, they have a lot fewer options of which to sell their goods. In 1980, the average farmer was taking home about thirty cents of every dollar that was spent. It's now down to under $0.09. We've gone from $0.30 in the generation to $0.09. It's ending up. And that is because we have industrial and corporate agricultural business that is killing the options for us. (28:41–28:51)
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Asserts that farmers' share of revenue has decreased from $0.30 to under $0.09 per dollar spent since 1980.
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