Farm bill react

Here is coverage from the AP on the speech by Agriculture Secretary Johanns in Modesto.

"If you are a fruit and vegetable grower, I promise you, you will see a presence in farm policy that you have never seen before," Johanns said at a meeting with state officials.

Deal or no deal? If the industry had the option of taking what the Administration offers right now with no changes, should it take the deal? On one hand, the negative is elimination of the planting restriction on farm program acres. On the other hand, there is substantially more funding for nutrition programs and research initiatives - and those are funds that could be cut with ease by Congress.

I might have to take this deal if it were offered to me.