Hundreds of farmers attended a rally in Washington today supported byseveral Democrat Senators. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin told the group they mustturn things around so farmers can survive in the long term.Harkin wants to scrap the current farm program. Harkin called for a newsystem to let farmers better control their own fate. He also said they needto keep large companies from taking over the farm industry.Farmers on hand called for quick passage of the emergency farm-reliefpackage.
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