Friday, November 04, 2005

Midwest Farmers Struggle with High Energy Prices

Rockford's Newspaper Rock River Times | rockford illinois news information:
by Joe Baker -- 11/4/2005
"Jimmy Westerfeld, president of the McLennan County, Texas Farm Bureau, said farmers in his area are very worried. 'Many of us will not be able to farm this year or the next,' he said. 'The doubling and tripling of fuel and petrochemical prices are the last link in a chain of bad economic events.'"

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