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Farm Bureau guide addresses misconceptions about agriculture

By Sean Ellis, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Dec 21, 2006
Dec 21, 2006

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It turns out the old joke about brown cows producing chocolate milk is not so funny after all.

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