July 20, 2007 at 10:13:07 Where's the Deed? Who's Hijacking billions of dollars in Farmland? by Monica Davis     Page 2 of 2 page(s) www.opednews.com

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Many say the corruption begins at the local level, in the Farm Loan Councils, because that is where the most opportunity lies, but they also see problems at the sate and national level. Congress tried to address the local level issue several years ago by changing the way the local farm loan personnel are hired, but that went over like a lead balloon-mainly because the local 'councils' challenged the incursion on "local authority".

While the bean cutters and budget examiners take aim at the federal budget, many farmers say they should also be looking at the billions dollars in waste, fraud and land theft which has become so endemic, that many farmers have given up and have gotten out of farming completely.

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