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Sign-up in farm programs could be a while

Congressman Bob Gibbs R-OH_webOhio 7th District Congressman and House Ag Committee member Bob Gibbs says because of the complexity of the new Farm Bill it may be sometime this summer before farmers can actually sign-up for programs.

“I guess maybe a good thing is, since it’s going to be awhile before they can go in and sign-up they’re going to have plenty of time to study what the program is, because it is very complicated,” Congressman Gibbs said.

Participating on a panel discussion of the Farm Bill at House Speaker John Boehner’s Farm Forum on Saturday, March 1 the Congressman also said that in addition to its complexity, it has the potential of being a very expensive bill.

“This bill does expose taxpayers to a lot of liabilities,” said Gibbs. “If this were to happen, if we would have price pressure in the next few years and there’s a big hit to the budget, in five years when we start the next Farm Bill that will be an issue.”

Audio: Congressman Bob Gibbs (R-OH) (3:00 mp3)

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