But in his remarks, Mr. Clinton referred only to "a major agribusiness corporation."

His business experience includes 30 years with Simplot International, a leading agribusiness corporation.

The root of this crisis is clear: a failed federal farm policy that has abandoned independent farmers in favor of a food production system controlled by giant multinational agribusiness corporations.

Their ownership is often under the control of huge agribusiness corporations, operating mechanised assembly lines on an industrial scale.

Twomey Company is a family owned agribusiness corporation.

Doing so would shift farming away from dependence on chemicals and artificial fertilizer, profitable inputs that large agribusiness corporations - chemical, grain and oil companies - supply.

Many were abandoned or taken over by large agribusiness corporations.

"Something is wrong when profits of agribusiness corporations skyrocket, but farmers must find off-farm jobs or sell their farms to survive," says Dennis Kucinich's website.

Today it is not just a working ranch but an agribusiness corporation and a family vacation destination.

The entire farm lobby is apparently untouched despite, or maybe because of, the fact that a high percentage of farm subsidies now go to giant agribusiness corporations.