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Transcript: Farm Bureau Influence, CBS
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- 60 Minutes (CBS)
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- July 16, 2000
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WALLACE: The Farm Bureau is, in effect, the voice of the farmer,
as much a fixture in small-town America as the local church or Post
Office.
And since its founding back in the early 1900s, farmers have been
supporting this non-profit association with their annual dues because,
over the years, the bureau sold them insurance when other companies
wouldn`t and lobbied effectively for government subsidies, federal
crop insurance, a stable income for family farmers.
But as we reported last April, with thousands of farmers facing financial
ruin, a lot of family farmers say the Farm Bureau ...