Unfortunately, right now, too many members of Congress are blocking the farm bill from becoming law.
Now meat processors are pinning their hopes on the Senate mark-up of the farm bill.
They want to defeat the farm bill, legislation that gives big subsidies to some U.S. farmers.
Mr Bush must also overcome the legacy of the lavish farm bill he signed in May.
The new farm bill entrenches this support and undoes all the other progress made in 1996.
The farm bill contains few new incentives to expand overall acreage or to encourage crop shifts.
Still, that didn't stop us from putting together a "farm bill portfolio" in the accompanying table.
Without an updated Farm Bill, price control measures established in 1949 go into effect.
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In the recent Farm Bill discussions, I have consistently advocated for higher cellulosic biofuel mandates over subsidies.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on its version of the controversial Farm Bill.
And by giving money to rich American farmers, the farm bill does little for the poor here.
In rural areas, the farm bill will dictate the next five years of federal policy for food growers and producers.
And he has not, as far as we can tell, taken steps to move the farm bill forward.
Instead, they're fretting over the fate of the farm bill that has been held up in the budget debates.
The Senate is not expected to finish drafting its version of the Farm Bill until after the August recess.
But there will be a farm bill in early 2008, as disputes generally fall along geographic, not party, lines.
To be fair, the Bush administration was not responsible for the farm bill.
Liberalise agriculture (Mr Lugar's 1996 farm bill is phasing out America's own subsidies).
Congress knows that aside from some political activists, very few non-farmers know or care about the farm bill at all.
When the last Farm Bill was passed in 2002, a record 650 lobbying groups had their hands in the pot.
Reverend DAVID BECKMAN (President, Bread for the World): Reforming the farm bill is Bread for the World's highest priority this year.
Although it is not clear what a House version of the farm bill will look like, direct payments will certainly go.
Mr Schweikert points to his rebellion over calls to pass a farm bill amidst a drought that is hurting livestock producers.
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Mr. COOK: Well, in this farm bill that passed the House, they have retained the safety net for the low price periods.
America's farm bill, providing large extra subsidies to farmers, soured the atmosphere.
Reverend Beckman usually rejects Moore's pro-market views, except with the farm bill.
In January, the Bush administration unveiled its proposal for the so-called "farm bill, " and the appropriate congressional committees have also been busy.
So the farm bill comes at a time - the debate over the farm bill comes at a time where prices are up.
America's farm bill was a setback and, coupled with tariffs on steel imports imposed this year, opened America up to charges of hypocrisy.
Critics of the farm bill also say it has too much pork, but not the kind you think of when you think farming.
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