The extension of strewn at random have send, federal farm programs through for a larger "wealth cliff" part of the bill of milk prices keep rising, but does not include a lot of good things, agricultural state congressmen have their rural areas.
The house of representatives and the senate agriculture committee leaders who spent more than a year of work in the $50 trillion, for a period of five years farm bill, will have to accept the flow of the subsidies in the last few hours of paperback, prolong the nine months of 2008 law and some extra anyone.
The new congress opening on Thursday, they will have to start again and again, the most likely farm bill process, agricultural plan this year even less money in the interests of the farm has lost they have political clout and recognition.
The national farmers union President Roger Johnson, "I think, said:" there are a lot of hurt feelings, the investment of time and effort, you what all don't display.
The senate agriculture committee chairmen Debbie shi's tower bay, D - Michigan said, this is the truth, she learned in the senate barebone expanding fiscal cliff part of the deal.
"Is there a way to explain this," she angrily say, in trade together on New Year's eve. "No. It's absolutely no way to explain the outside of the agriculture is not a priority."
Congress not to pass a farm bill in a year earlier, the legislation become entangled in the end of this year, the financial cliff talks as dairy subsidies is set to expire on January 1, and send the price of milk $6 and $7 a gallon of double current price. The White House and congress leaders negotiations financial cliff agreed that the bill will however must be avoided, "dairy cliff", but it is not sure how to.
Shi tower shell's and the chairman of the house agriculture committee frank Lucas, R - Oklahoma, hope to be able to save some of their work, the careful design a last minute is outspread, these 2008 increase fiscal cliff package, including help their national interests: the fruit and vegetable in Michigan, rich and livestock production is affected, drought, priority Lucas over us $6 million dollars in emergency funds. In addition to avoid milk prices, their act also contains a reform of dairy products program, and the house of representatives agriculture democratic, colin Minnesota peterson's priority.
Extended shi tower shell's Lucas production cost about $10 billion - volume is too high, the risk is too big the house of representatives and the senate leaders talks of the broader financial cliff trading. According to the familiar with the negotiations to assistant, the White House and congress leaders hope no major changes in policy or new spending, this may make the whole wealth cliff act against agricultural bill to extend.
The senate republican leader MaiKangNaiEr Kentucky farm bill extended money, not including any agricultural leaders priority and new agricultural project without any new financing increases the bare edition.
As a result, the aides say, is a farm bill expansion, will remain the main plan to, but didn't take any new money. The lack of some organic solution, environmental solutions and several different energy plan, to encourage renewable fuel dollar. Many of these scheme in the update, and did not have any money.
Agricultural state lawmakers reaction is rapid. Applied to the senate tower shell's new law called "absolute wide of the mark. Peterson said, farm country leaders have "no respect". Shi's tower bay, and Lucas, the end of the vote, to peterson.
The national farmers union issued a statement that this is "in the cold left." Long-term strong national corn growers association statement said that the organization is "tired of endless excuse, lack of accountability system.
Direct payment of compensation, costs $500 million a year, and pay for their farm or not, whether it is retained in the agreement of farmers. In the rural community, these subsidies will be eliminated, redirection after the consensus, in the senate bill passed in June and the house agriculture committee in July through the bill cut these payments.



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