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Texas farmers told the House Agriculture Committee they need better safety nets in the next farm bill.

One of them was Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening.  “We support the continuation of PLC and the ARC programs.  We know the ARC program has some issues between counties.  We think the ARC county program should be looked at.”

Boening says cotton needs to go back into Title One, and he says some other programs need to be re-evaluated, too.  

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