Farm bill renews fight over subsidies
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Momentum is building in Congress for overhauling farm subsidies because of tight budgets and increasing enthusiasm for renewable fuels and conservation programs.
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The US Senate passed Friday a massive farm bill packed with consequences for global trade, but its fate remained unclear because it already has drawn a presidential veto threat.
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This week's Senate battle over the energy bill heralds a longer fight on climate change, some analysts say.
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By Michelle Koetters, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Jun. 22--BLOOMINGTON -- Non-farmers reap the benefits of farm subsidies  across the country, but not in McLean County.
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SHELBY, Miss. -- From 2001 to 2005, the federal government spent nearly $1.2 billion in agricultural subsidies to boost farmers' incomes and invigorate local economies in this poverty-stricken region of the Mississippi Delta.
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Editor, New Era:           As persons who are deeply concerned about hunger and poverty in our nation and throughout the world, my wife and I are joining with members of Bread for the World and other organizations in raising questions about the farm bill now being considered by Congress.
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Congress should eliminate a $5  billion a year farm subsidy and find less expensive ethanol  subsidies, said two former U.S. Senate majority leaders and  farm-program guardians on Wednesday.
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When freshman Ohio Democrat Zack Space replaced veteran Republican Rep. Robert W. Ney after the 2006 elections, groups lobbying for a major revamping of farm subsidy programs were elated.
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Farm bloc lawmakers yesterday offered the U.S. fruit and vegetable industry $1.8 billion in new federal grants over the next five years as part of a farm bill that would leave in place far larger subsidies for grain, cotton and dairy producers.
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Ending a six-week impasse, the Senate yesterday approved a $286 billion farm bill that would authorize significant new spending for farm programs, food stamps and conservation but would make only modest changes in the nation's traditional agricultural subsidy system.
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The United States should abandon its   $20 billion-a-year farm subsidy system in favor of programs   that protect farmer income through insurance policies and land   stewardship, a blue-ribbon panel said on Wednesday.
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President Bush is making a renewed push to allow the government to spend food aid money to buy crops in poor countries
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New cost estimates have prompted many lawmakers to say they want to revisit the new prescription drug benefit law.
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As subsidies increase despite higher incomes for big farms, some say that the subsidy system has never made less sense.
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The House panel that oversees subsidies to farmers voted to maintain the status quo by extending current policies for five years.
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By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 21--Well-placed federal money could help San Joaquin Valley farmers provide food while caring for the land, speakers told two congressmen Tuesday.