The justification for that tax exemption is that fuel taxes pay for roads, and the farm equipment that benefits from the tax exemption is not supposed to be using the roads.

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Estrada is going to put more government money into irrigation, farm-to-market roads and granaries.

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Chronic budget constraints also threaten plans to build more farm-to-market roads, boost education and improve basic health care.

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He could raise rural incomes by allocating more of the money spent on road construction to farm-to-market roads.

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That alone will free 20% of the budget, which can be rechanneled to farm-to-market roads, dams, irrigation canals, post-harvest facilities, and research and development.

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Oscar-winning director James Cameron sold his 703 acres in Puerco Canyon to The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, and aside from having several buildings and old roads associated with a decades-old pig farm, the land is undeveloped.

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Easily achievable improvements in roads, markets and other things can increase the availability of food a lot even if farm yields stop rising.

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