Agricultural and Food Policy
 Agri Outlook Radio
Number 168
Policy/Noteworthy: Senator Harkin in Response to the President’s Intent to Veto the Farm Bill (1:17 minutes)
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schaffer, Deputy Secretary Conner Conference Call
with Reporters: Announcement of a New Farm Bill From Congress
Audio/Video Script:
Dr. Bobby Coats
Extension Economist and Professor
University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Chairman of the Senate Ag Committee and Chairman of the Senate-House conference committee on the new
farm bill said in a statement about the President’s intent to veto the farm bill.
Senator Harkin said. "Farmers in Iowa and around the country are beginning to
plant for the season. Here in Washington, Congress is fulfilling its
promise to enact a farm bill that’s good for all America – farming families and
rural communities, nutrition assistance for low-income Americans, fresh fruits
and vegetables for school children, more sources of renewable energy and
conservation of our natural resources and a disaster program."
Senator Harkin continued:
"Like any compromise bill resulting from hard bargaining among regional and
other interests, this farm bill is far from perfect. But no piece of
legislation is. It includes significant reforms, as well as these major
advances. It deserves the President’s signature."
This has been Bobby Coats Extension Economist University of Arkansas Division
of Agriculture.
Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schaffer on Congress’ Announcement of a
New Farm Bill
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