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Article: NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS RAISE THEIR VOICES; DROUGHT, DISASTER RELIEF FOCUS OF SENATOR'S FARM GATHERING
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 23, 2006
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The office of Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., issued the following press release:
Hundreds of farmers and ranchers filled a hall at the Bismarck Civic Center today demanding that the White House and the Republican Congress stop blocking federal relief from drought and other natural disasters.
Senator Conrad organized the farm gathering. The North Dakota Farmers Union was the lead sponsor of the event.
Joining Senator Conrad were Governor John Hoeven, Senator Byron Dorgan, Congressman Earl Pomeroy, Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson, North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson - and hundreds of farmers and ranchers who have lost crops and herds to drought, disease and other natural ...