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Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

by David Pitt
| January 3, 2021 12:03 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast.

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