91. The farmers also get government price supports. 92. The farmer gets paid cash for this loss, keeps the land and may continue to farm it or even sell it, as long as it remains open. 93. The money would allow farmers to get fertiliser and pesticides at subsidised or reduced rates. 94. The resulting mega-companies dominate the marketplace, making it harder for family farmers to get a good price for their crops, they said. 95. Then, that money is repaid within months, usually after the farmer gets loans restructured through negotiations with a lender, brokered by Nelson. 96. Al-Akhbar did not mention how the farmer got the pipe but said he was known to be involved in the illegal trading of antiquities. 97. The two farmers got a neighbor to catch and kill two adult giant pandas, whose hides they gave to the unemployed man to sell. |