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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LARRY COMBEST, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL BARRETT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA 
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JERRY MORAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS 
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN R. THUNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH 
DAKOTA
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GIL GUTKNECHT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA 
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TOM LATHAM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF IOWA
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LEE TERRY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
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STATEMENT OF KEITH COLLINS, CHIEF ECONOMIST, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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STATEMENT OF ROY FREDERICK, PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF 
NEBRASKA 
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STATEMENT OF MERLYN CARLSON, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF NEBRASKA 
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STATEMENT OF GENE HUGOSON, COMMISSIONER, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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STATEMENT OF DARRELL CRUEA, SECRETARY, SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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STATEMENT OF HOMER BUELL, PRESIDENT, NEBRASKA CATTLEMEN ASSOCIATION, ROSE, NEBRASKA 
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STATEMENT OF SCOTT VANDERWAL, VANDERWAL FARMS, INC., VOLGA, SD
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STATEMENT OF ANNETTE DUBAS, CATTLE AND GRAIN PRODUCER, FULLERTON, NE
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STATEMENT OF MAX WALDO, WALDO FARMS, DEWITT, NE
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STATEMENT OF STEVE PETERSON, LIVESTOCK AND WHEAT PRODUCER, SMITH CENTER, KS
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STATEMENT OF MARK W. KEPLER, VICE-PRESIDENT, NEBRASKA WHEAT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, CHAPPELL, NE
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STATEMENT OF BILL NORTHEY, PAST PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, SPIRIT LAKE, IA
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STATEMENT OF LOUIS KEHN, CORN, SOYBEAN AND WHEAT PRODUCER, BONESTEEL, SD
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STATEMENT OF RANDY CRUISE, CRUISE FARMS, PLEASANTON, NE
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