Farm Bill Leaves Some Subsidies
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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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By Matthew Wilde, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Feb. 4--WATERLOO -- Agriculture experts say they would be surprised if Northeast Iowa farmers experience a negative impact from proposed changes to the farm bill.
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The proposal, aimed at reducing the deficit, puts the president at odds with some of his most ardent supporters in the rural South.
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By Stephens Washington Bureau  Stephens Washington Bureau   WASHINGTON - Ranchers would be paid to conserve rangeland vulnerable to wildfires, under a bill Nevada senators introduced on Monday.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.
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The Parliamentary Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries responded to recent media reports on alleged abuses in the subsidies granted to local farmers to make up for the price differential between CAP ...
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The Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years
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U.S. farm groups bristled this week  at calls for deeper cuts to American agriculture subsidies,  just as trade negotiators urged the United States to do more to  break a stubborn stalemate in world trade talks.
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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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By Hank Shaw, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 17--SACRAMENTO -- Farmers in the Delta received nearly $11 million in government subsidies between 2003 and 2005, according to new data from a Washington-based watchdog group.
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By Philpott, Tom  Our flawed federal agricultural policies are long overdue for a major overhaul. Like a barnyard sow basking in the glow of attention at a county fair, the U.S.
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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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Government payouts to the wealthiest farmers would be blocked in a House committee's version of a wide-ranging, five-year farm bill.
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Congress wants to weave a "revenue protection" strand into the U.S. farm safety net, a signal change in policy, in the $286 billion farm bill that is one step from final passage, expected in early 2008.
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Eliminating federal subsidies to American cotton growers could modestly improve the incomes of millions of poor cotton farmers in Africa, a new study suggests.
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An end-of-the-session food fight over a milk support program erupted Friday in Congress, stalling action for hours on legislation ranging from corporate tax cuts to hurricane and drought relief and preventing lawmakers from adjourning to hit the campaign trail.
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The passage of a major U.S. tax bill containing a buyout for tobacco farmers has frustrated advocates who had hoped to link the funding to new laws regulating cigarettes.