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MOUNT JACKSON — U.S. Rep. Ben Cline got first-hand accounts of what's going on in crop creation and livestock processing during a visit Wednesday morning to Shenandoah County farmers.

Cline, the Republican representative of the 6th congressional district, visited Brett Wightman’s family farm and Steve Baker’s Farm Fresh Pork, both in Mount Jackson, to learn more about farmers' concern before Congress begins rewriting the federal farm bill in 2023. Passed in 2018, the farm bill is revised every five years and addresses 12 sectors of agriculture including commodity prices, nutrition programs and crop insurance.

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