Coming on

Things are falling together, or at least appear to be, for Senate Agriculture Committee work on the farm bill. Here is the link to the Senate Finance Committee package of tax/revenue offsets, and below is a release from Agriculture Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin.

Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee reported favorably a tax package on agriculture. The measure may be added to the 2007 farm bill when the farm bill is considered on the Senate floor.

“As the Senate edges closer to considering its version of the farm bill, this funding comes at an opportune time and gives us some important assistance in the critical farm bill investments that are needed now more than ever. We are still facing an extremely tight budget on this farm bill and we welcome the help from these added funds.”