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Bad Harvest for GOP Politics and Corn Prices
The piece notes Republican farmers feel pressure as corn prices slump to 90 cents to $1.10 per bushel due to a bumper 1970 crop. It cites Sen. Jack Miller and Sen. Milton Young opposing Secretary of Agriculture nominee Farl J. Butz, urging relief for farmers amid set aside critiques and rising farm discontent shaping 1972 politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Ehrenhalt
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Corn
Congress
Nixon
Farl J. Rutz
Jack Miller
Iowa
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Young
Butz
Miller
Farmers of
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Department
William J. Scherle
Soviet Union
White House
Office of Management and Budget