Thursday, June 21, 2007

Congress opposes status quo farm bill: senator

(Reuters) - "It's an ideal time to do some reform, to rearrange our priorities and to look ahead," said chairman Tom Harkin, who wants to expand land stewardship programs, spend more on public nutrition, boost biofuels and aid specialty crop growers.




A House Agriculture subcommittee voted on Tuesday to extend for five years the grain, cotton and soybean subsidies created in 2002. Congress is writing a successor to the 2002 law.


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