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TO SAM WATSON, farming has always been a gamble. Raised in southern Georgia, he learned the risks from a young age: farmers invest millions of dollars each year to plant a crop, and an unexpected drought or disease can wipe out profits in an instant. These days, though, he reckons the odds are worse than when his father was at it. Mr Watson, who moonlights as a Republican state senator, returned home from Atlanta just in time to put eggplant (aubergine), bell pepper and squash seeds in the ground. Soon dozens of workers will arrive for a harvest season that…
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