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By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAre America's farms facing a crisis? Addressing the USDA's annual Outlook Forum -- which looks at the year ahead in agriculture -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday, "I want to express concern about the 2.2 million farmers and 50 million people who live in rural America." He noted that rural America has fewer college graduates and an average income $11,000 per-capita less than the national average. Rural America is also older than urban or suburban communities; this year's agricultural census puts the average age of farmers at 57. And as those farmers retire or move on to ...
McCain in Southern Ohio
By Dave - Politics DailyMcCain did a townhall meeting in Portsmouth, which is at the very southern tip of Ohio on the river, and because I live here, I can give hopefully a little insight to the political happenings of the day. ... McCain focused on his campaign's economic message of the week, first reading prepared remarks from an inconspicuous podium that stood barely waist-high on the stage. Senior McCain advisor Mark Salter paced at one end of the gymnasium as he watched McCain's delivery, which has been under renewed focus after of his struggles to read from a teleprompter and criticism that his campaign lacks ...
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