Stage 3 Negotiators Agree on Farm Bill, but Bush Vows to Veto It

The House and Senate negotiators yesterday reached final agreement on a new farm bill that will spend almost $300 billion on nutrition, conservation, energy and farm subsidy programs over the next five years. Dairy farmers will get as much as $410 million more over 10 years to cover higher feed costs, and negotiators tucked in an annual authorization of $15 million to help "geographically disadvantaged farmers" in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa and Puerto Rico. The bill assures growers of basic crops such as wheat, cotton, corn and soybeans $5 billion a year in automatic payments, even if farm and food prices stay at record levels. lawmakers in both parties pointed to improvements in the nutrition, conservation and research programs that account for the bulk of the bill's costs. The conferees added $1.5 billion over 10 years for conservation activities on working farms. I think this is a good idea to help out are farming industry. This is a good bill because this is a reform. I don't understand why bush wants to veto this. Maybe it's because he's still trying to fund the war's going on right now. I think we as American people should get the best quailty of fruits and vegatables so I think its dumb not to pass this bill.
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