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  2. National Commission on Farmers - Wikipedia

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    National Commission on Farmers. The National Commission on Farmers ( NCF) is an Indian commission constituted on 18 November 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor M.S. Swaminathan to address the nationwide calamity of farmers suicides in India. [1] [2] The Terms of Reference reflected the priorities listed in the Common Minimum Programme.

  3. Dairy Farmers of America - Wikipedia

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    US$ 14.7 billion (2017) [1] Net income. US$ 131.8 million (2016) Number of employees. 18,000. Website. dfamilk.com. Dairy Farmers of America Inc. ( DFA) is a national milk marketing cooperative in the United States. DFA markets members' raw milk and sells milk and derivative products ( dairy products, food components, ingredients and shelf ...

  4. Agricultural Adjustment Act - Wikipedia

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    The Agricultural Adjustment Act ( AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies ...

  5. Farmers Business Network - Wikipedia

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    Number of employees. 850 (approx.) (2021) [1] Website. www.fbn.com. Farmers Business Network (FBN) is a farmer-to-farmer network and e-commerce platform based out of San Carlos, California. [2] The company was co-founded by Amol Deshpande and Charles Baron, and launched as a startup in 2014. [1] [3] [4] Diego Casanello took over as CEO in 2024. [5]

  6. List of United States insurance companies - Wikipedia

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    CNA Financial [33] CNO Financial Group [34] Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company [35] Combined Insurance [36] Commerce Insurance Group. Country Financial [37] Delta Dental. Encompass Insurance Company. Erie Insurance Group.

  7. Food and agriculture in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Nazi organization of the agricultural sector of the economy achieved modest successes in the 1930s. When the Nazis took power in 1933, Richard Walther Darré became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. Nazi Germany was 80 percent self-sufficient in basic crops such as grains, potatoes, meat, and sugar. In 1939, Germany had become 83 percent ...

  8. South African farm attacks - Wikipedia

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    South African farm attacks (Afrikaans: plaasaanvalle) are violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery, that take place on farms in South Africa. The attacks target both white and black farmers.

  9. Kulak - Wikipedia

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    Kulak ( / ˈkuːlæk / KOO-lak; Russian: кула́к; plural: кулаки́, kulakí, 'fist' or 'tight-fisted'), also kurkul ( Ukrainian: куркуль) or golchomag ( Azerbaijani: qolçomaq, plural: qolçomaqlar ), was the term which was used to describe peasants who owned over 8 acres (3.2 hectares) of land towards the end of the Russian ...