Impact of Amended Climate Bill on US Farms ‘Tolerable’

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The impact of the amended legislation on climate change on farms and ranches in the United States will be “bearable” – partly owing to the opportunity to earn money for controlling greenhouse-gases.  Collin Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said in a speech at a meeting of the American Soybean Association that it has been estimated the climate bill would push up the costs of crop production by 1.8%-4.6% in the short term.

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