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Grassley Gets Serious: House Farm Bill’s ‘Laughable’ Payment Limit Must Go Lower

By Dien Judge 8/22/07

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is looking forward to pushing some of his priorities in the 2007 Farm Bill.
Grassley, a Republican who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said this week his top priority for the farm bill is to significantly lower the amount that individuals can receive in federal farm program payments. He hopes the [...]

Ag Leaders Now Talking About Commodity Caps

By Dien Judge 6/29/07

Increased pressure on lawmakers this week apparently has had an effect on plans for the 2007 Farm Bill.
As reported earlier this week on Iowa Independent, the current farm policy has been criticized over the fact that wealthy individuals and large farming operations have been swallowing up 70 percent of federal farm program dollars. Most presidential [...]

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