Farm and Food File: Just saying so doesn’t make it so
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By Alan Guebert, Farm & Food File Columnist - July 15, 2026 in Agriculture, Column, Featured Reading Time: 3 minutes
Too many officials in the Trump Administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. F...
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