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Monday, July 31, 2006

Mexico's corn farmers see their livelihoods wither away / Cheap U.S. produce pushes down prices under free-trade pact

Mexico's corn farmers see their livelihoods wither away / Cheap U.S. produce pushes down prices under free-trade pact
By Monica Campbell and Tyche Hendricks
Tending his sun-drenched half-acre cornfield, Jose Davila represents a part of Mexico that may fade away as the pressures of free trade intensify. "I'm an antique," said the hunched 90-year-old farmer. "Who wants to work all day in the sun and earn so...

 



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