Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 2/27/17

Farm bill negotiators are facing the task of addressing farmers and ranchers needs with a tight budget. The Senate Agriculture Committee held a farm bill field hearing at Kansas State University Thursday. Kansas Senator committee chairman Pat Roberts said they will be dealing with a tight budget this year… “Farmers and ranchers are boot-strap people, they know that we have a $19 trillion debt, for goodness sakes, and we can’t even figure out how long that is.  And we’re going to be under a very tight budget..."

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