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Peterson Laments Cantor's Role in Farm Bill
I'm stuck at Chicago O'Hare this morning, but isn't everybody?
On that point, I haven't had adequate time to write up a report from a panel of farmers at the Ag Media Summit in Buffalo on Tuesday who talked about pressures of urban sprawl. Still, it had a couple of great quotes.
One New York dairy farmer was talking about state and federal CAFO and water regulations and said, "My cows can't take a crap without it being reported."
Once again, farmers provide some of the best quotes.
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On the Farm Bill
Collin Peterson, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, was at FarmFest in Minnesota on Tuesday with fellow Democratic Rep. Tim Walz talking about the potential outcome of the farm bill. According to multiple reports, Peterson basically said he doesn't know what's going to happen. House Republicans will push their plan to cut $40 billion from the nutrition programs but likely won't accept whatever compromise comes from the House.
Peterson pointed to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., as the major player throwing up roadblocks.
"I don't get along with that guy and I don't know what to do about him," Peterson said in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The article also quoted Dale Moore, policy director of the American Farm Bureau, who said, "This truly is one of the strangest farm bill processes I've ever seen." http://dld.bz/…
Speaking at a town-hall forum in Fremont, Neb., GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a former ag committee member now on the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, lamented the problems with farm bill, saying "it is poorly understood in Washington."
Fortenberry still backed the House version of the bill, noting that an extension would be a mistake and the House bill has more reforms and savings than the Senate version. http://dld.bz/…
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