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John Duarte: “It's very hard to get any net income operating your farm…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 37:04

You can't make land here convert at eight to 9% interest. No, it doesn't work. Certainly not at current commodity prices and fertilizer prices and ag cam prices and labor prices. It's very hard to get any net income operating your farm today. So is that conversation being had as this new farm bill comes and approaches in September? It's being had. It's being had. But a lot of these issues are more macro issues than farm policy. (37:04–37:09)

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Asserts that current economic conditions make it difficult for farmers to earn net income.

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