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    USDA Pulling the Wool over Taxpayers’ Eyes with Latest ‘Cutback’

    July 6, 2011 at 3:43 pm

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    As Congress and the White House continue to quarrel over the debt ceiling, the folks at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are doing their part to reduce federal spending. As announced in today’s Federal Register, the agency is cutting back on its Sheep and Goat Survey. From now on—or for … More

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