Family-farm advocates call for U.S. to ‘bust up big ag’
GOP senators warn of dangers of government intervention in agriculture
By Lynda Waddington 3/12/10 7:28 AM
ANKENY, Iowa — Whether they realized it or not, the roughly 250 family farmers, workers and consumers gathered Thursday night fired off their own point-by-point response to a letter from two Republican Senators that urged the U.S. departments of agriculture and justice to maintain the existing status quo in the agriculture industry.