The Nation - News from Sept. 15, 1986
Higher prices for agricultural products, not increased exports, will solve the country’s farm problems, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told farmers from at least five states at a tractorcade and rally in Omaha. “If we export everything and get nothing for it, what good does it do us?” Harkin said, criticizing the 1985 farm bill, which seeks to restore U.S. dominance in international agricultural markets by cutting prices. About 170 tractors, farm trucks and pickup trucks surrounded the mall after tractorcades converged on Omaha.
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