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President Obama to sign Farm Bill on MSU campus today

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The 44th President will be in East Lansing today. Barack Obama will be at Michigan State University this afternoon to sign the federal Farm Bill. It's a long-awaited and sweeping law that will fundamentally change U.S. farm policy.Current State looked at the logistics surrounding the presidential visit, spoke with Lansing State Journal photographer Rod Sanford about covering the event, an MSU student who worked on the Farm Bill, and others on campus. 

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