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“If we need more resources, we should ask for them,” Chuck Conner, the president and CEO
               of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, said at his group’s recent annual meeting.
               Conner was Bush’s White House adviser on agricultural policy during the 2002 farm bill debate.

               From a political standpoint,
               lawmakers will likely be paying
               attention.

               The current farm law was enacted
               in February 2014 and expires in
               September 2018. That’s just ahead
               of the midterm elections, when
               lawmakers representing every
               House district and 33 Senate seats
               will be up for re-election. In the
               Senate, 23 of those seats are
               currently held by Democrats, 8 by
               Republicans and 2 by Independents.

               Where does the money go?

















































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