And then with one swipe of a pen, well, so many of those contracts just dissolved over overnight, and Congress honestly has done almost nothing to stop it. The impacts of it, as you all are experiencing, are devastating. Three years in a row of increasing farm bankruptcies across the entire nation. and the trend isn't any better in Illinois. Like I said earlier, agriculture drives an enormous part of Illinois's economy. (04:18–04:24)
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