Up To Date

Seg. 1: Farmers' Real Plight. Seg. 2: Digital Age Reading.


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Segment 1: Policymakers have yet to grasp the depth of the recession in farm country. Farmers are slowly losing their livelihood as the input costs of farming rise and the price of commodoties sink. We talked with Paul Johnson, a grower and policy analyst, about the crisis in farm country. "There's not much, if any, of a debate of a farm and food discussion that we need in Kansas," Johnson said. Paul Johnson, policy analyst for Kansas Rural Center Segment 2, beginning at 23:48: Digital devices
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