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Missouri's 7th District, U.S. House of Representatives

  
 

 

 

Congressional Issues 2010
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU
Corporate Agriculture



Missouri Farm Bureau

Kevin Craig - "Liberty Under God"

We believe that independent farming operations can produce agricultural commodities of as good a quality and as economically as large corporate farming operations. This is a question which should be determined by the Free Market, not government regulation.
We support regulations that would assure independent producers of market accessibility. Should large corporate farming operations have the power to use the government to impose regulations which undercut independent producers? Everyone wants the government to act "in our case" but not "our competitors." MoFB and the farmers it represents must be willing to give up favorable government treatment on its own behalf in order to remove government intervention across the board and ensure a Free Market.
We oppose overly restrictive amendments to the Missouri corporate farming law which might limit the incorporation options available to independent farmers.
We oppose any tax incentives, tax breaks, state grants or other governmental assistance to corporate agricultural interests which are not available to all producers.
We oppose further exemptions of counties from the corporate agriculture law .  

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