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Daily Archives: September 1, 2007

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Community Spotlight: Abbeville, Louisiana

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Sept. 24 marks the two-year anniversary of the “big flood” in Abbeville, Louisiana. That’s when Hurricane Rita brought an unprecedented squall that would change the small rice-farming town forever.  Overnight, farmers in Abbeville lost homes, farm equipment and more than half of the town’s rice acres. Ross Hebert, a grower of nine years, said the…

Farmers Deserve Our Thanks, Not Our Criticism

Farm Policy ArchiveBy Farm Policy FactsSeptember 1, 2007Leave a comment

By: U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln “Our farmers deserve praise, not condemnation; and their efficiency should be cause for gratitude, not something for which they are penalized.” Those were the words of President John F. Kennedy, and they still ring true today. Unfortunately, all too often you can open up a newspaper to find at least…

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