Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Coming back to baseline?

Sen. Tom Harkin keeps talking up the idea that the new farm bill will have $10 billion over baseline but admits funding and jurisdiction issues haven't been cleared up yet. In his teleconference, Harkin said that a baseline bill might have trouble passing because it wouldn't meet the needs of nutrition, conservation, specialty crops, etc. All in all, still a cloudy outlook, and Harkin raised the possibility of a two or three year farm bill if lawmakers must deal with baseline numbers. After that, Harkin said, perhaps the budget scenario would improve with a new President and if the U.S. is out of Iraq.....

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1 Comments:

At March 14, 2008 at 12:05:00 AM CDT , Anonymous Anonymous said...

A two or three year extension would make the produce insdustry stand like a jilted bride. Even worse, programs that serve the needy will continue to suffer from misplaced priorities.

 

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