Source: J.D. Walker, ASHEBORO COURIER-TRIBUNE, 8/3/18

Local farmers aren’t buying the Trump administration farm bailout. Interviews with some area farmers indicate they think a proposed plan to send out $12 billion in aid to farm via the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) amounts to a political football — not a serious attempt to understand and address the concerns of the agricultural community. Harold Brubaker is the former N.C. House of Representatives Speaker and an Asheboro cattle farmer. Kemp Davis is owner of Davis Poultry in Randleman but also raises cattle and grows grain.

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