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May 14, 2007 ISSUE 1166 HOUSE COMMITTEE TO BEGIN MARKUP OF FARM BILL Rep. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said May 10 that markups will begin the week of May 21 on at least three titles of the 2007 Farm Bill. Some hallmarks of the 2002 law will remain in his draft of the bill, he said, including planting restrictions for fruit and vegetable growers, as well as counter-cyclical payments and loan deficiency payments. | |
