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House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas Says Timing of Writing Farm Bill Hinges on Deficit Decisions
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:09:31 CDT
There are a lot of budget ideas out floating around right now- and all of them include significant cuts in the USDA budget and farm and conservation spending. The Chairman of the House Ag Committee, Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas, is watching closely as the package that eventually is moved forward will dictate the timing and the overall direction of farm policy as the 2012 farm bill is developed.
Some of the proposals are such that year five of the 2008 Farm Law might be negated- and Congressman Lucas says that would mean having to quickly move on writing new farm policy under the new fiscal realities this fall. It's his preference that the final year of the current law be allowed to run its course- a new bill be written next spring/summer and farmers would then begin operating under this new climate in the 2013 crop year.
Congressman Lucas discussed these ideas with Mike Adams on the national rural talk show Agritalk on Wednesday- and we have an overview of what Lucas was saying about the budget deficit discussions from a farm policy point of view.
Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear Congressman Lucas.
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