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      <title>Ag's pasture dries up with more budget cuts</title>
      <description>The Michigan government seems unwilling or unable to provide what Michigan agriculture needs to continue to thrive.</description>
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      <title>Michigan floriculture sales ranked third nationally</title>
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      <title>Nine years in court brings New York dairy vindication</title>
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      <title>President Obama's FY 2010 budget cuts heart of ag safety net</title>
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