Source:  CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 8/5/10

Senator Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wants Congress to consider what she calls a progressive and meaningful approach to agricultural policy when it develops the 2012 Farm Bill. Gillibrand, who is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is promoting a move away from cotton and rice subsidies and direct payments to what she calls more rewarding safety net programs that emphasize conservation, local food production and marketing and easier access to credit for cash-strapped dairy farmers.

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