The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 19th, 2001
Governments, big firms get farm aid
$5.5 billion plan puts cash in pockets of large landholders
By PHILIP BRASHER
Associated Press
Sunday, August 19, 2001
Washington -- When President Bush signed into a law a $5.5 billion farm bailout package, he said it was for "farm families" who "represent the best of America." He probably did not have the Montana state government in mind, but it is one of the biggest recipients of the money.
He probably was not thinking of the University of Illinois, another large recipient, or of Tyler Farms, an Arkansas-based partnership that controls 40,000 acres,...
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