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Growing Concerns: Senator talks with area farmers

Lincoln travels the state discussing agriculture worries, farm bill rewrite


Staff photo by Evan Lewis Sen. Blanche Lincoln talks with nearly 100 agriculturists in Hope Tuesday afternoon, expounding on the upcoming farm bill rewrite. Congress will be revising the bill in the coming months, and Lincoln is traveling across the state to address concerns and ideas from area farmers.
HOPE, Ark. U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., visited here Tuesday afternoon, addressing agriculture producers concerns raised by about farm bill revisions this year. Lincoln met with nearly 100 Southwest Arkansas growers at the Hope Livestock Auction, discussing the pros and cons the 2007 Farm Bill will pose during the congressional rewrite planned for later this year. Lincoln is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and, for the third time, shell take part in rewriting the bill. The measure is authorized every few years, the last time being 2002. Lincoln is traveling the state to ans...
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