http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/02/02/chairman-peterson-says-not-much-will-change-for-ag-in-the-budget/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/02/02/chairman-peterson-says-not-much-will-change-for-ag-in-the-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-19125 FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Budget Issues; Climate Issues; Farm Bill; Biofuels; and Political Notes Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:46:18 +0000 http://brownfieldagnews.com/?p=16732#comment-19125 [...] Bob Meyer reported yesterday at Brownfield that, “While there has been a lot of reaction to President Obama’s FY2011 budget proposals regarding agriculture, in the end it is Congress which writes the budget and House Ag Committee chair Collin Peterson says there is no interest in re-opening the farm bill to change farm program payments. ‘The minute we open any part of the Farm Bill it unites all of the conflicts and we are back to basically rewriting the farm bill.’ He says there is no desire on either side of the aisle to do that. [...] [...] Bob Meyer reported yesterday at Brownfield that, “While there has been a lot of reaction to President Obama’s FY2011 budget proposals regarding agriculture, in the end it is Congress which writes the budget and House Ag Committee chair Collin Peterson says there is no interest in re-opening the farm bill to change farm program payments. ‘The minute we open any part of the Farm Bill it unites all of the conflicts and we are back to basically rewriting the farm bill.’ He says there is no desire on either side of the aisle to do that. [...]

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