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Some farm groups and legislators have proposed increasing price guarantees for major crops. But the higher price guarantees would mostly benefit fewer than 6,000 farms in a few states, EWG found.
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Family Farmers Need Support. Increasing Reference Prices Isn't the Answer.
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EWG Takes the Spotlight in the Silly Season - The Georgia Cotton
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Pinpointing Policy: Reference Prices Will be Increasing, But is it Enough?
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Price Ceiling Types, Effects, and Implementation in Economics