USDA Outlines a Plan  To Cut Farm Subsidies
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The Bush administration yesterday proposed ending farm subsidies for an estimated 80,000 wealthy individuals as part of a broad plan that would close loopholes and cut traditional farm programs by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years.
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By John Stucke, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 8--A top federal agriculture official speaking at Spokane Ag Expo and the Pacific Northwest Farm Forum said a proposed 2007 Farm Bill from the U.S. Dept.
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Ten U.S. senators introduced a  bipartisan resolution on Thursday that aims to stop a Bush  administration plan to resume on March 7 cattle trade with  Canada that was cut off in mid-2003 over mad cow concerns.
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Farmers are not ready to abandon   crop subsidies for the "green" payments that some reformers say   should be the new focus of the $20 billion-a-year U.S. farm   program, a survey of growers showed on Wednesday.
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By LIBBY QUAID  WASHINGTON - Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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The Agriculture Department plans to put more black farmers on the committees that have oversight in how federal farm subsidies are allocated.
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By Sam Hananel and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- From Texas billionaires to Washington lobbyists and to people such as former NBA star Scottie Pippen, it's no secret that wealthy people can get federal farm subsidies.
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One budget-cutting proposal on the table
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The United Nations' world food body outlined steps on Monday meant to help the world's poorest nations combat soaring food prices, including a new voucher program for farmers and a review of food-guzzling biofuels.
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The United Nations' world food body  outlined steps on Monday meant to help the world's poorest  nations combat soaring food prices, including a new voucher  program for farmers and a review of food-guzzling biofuels.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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Anticipating a fight in Congress over President Bush's proposed farm cuts, new Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Thursday that large operations are reaping too big a share of government subsidies.
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By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN World Staff Writer  Drought assistance in the federal package for livestock producers will be distributed by Oklahoma agriculture officials.   Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S.
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By Jenifer K. Nii Deseret Morning News  Utah farmers are offering mixed reviews of the 2007 Farm Bill proposals, rolled out this week by the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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President Bush will aim his budget  knife at domestic programs from housing to farm subsidies as he  seeks to persuade Wall Street and his fiscal conservative base  he is serious about curbing budget deficits, which have  ballooned on his watch.
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A proposal that would cut billions in government subsidies to U.S. farmers is unlikely to inject new momentum into the Doha round of global trade talks.
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The government issued three proposals Tuesday aimed at reining in the spiraling costs of the Universal Service Fund, a subsidy program that provides affordable phone service to people who live in rural areas.