‘A monumental shift’ in farm policy

WASHINGTON — While leaders of the Senate and House agriculture committees fend off statements that no farm bill is necessary when farmers are so prosperous, they and their staffs — particularly their staffs — are expected to work through the weekend to try to complete a farm bill proposal for the supercommittee in charge of deficit reduction by Nov. 1, aides told Agweek in a series of interviews last week.

By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek