Will the 2013 Farm Bill be approved in 2013?

                                    
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Congress pay

Congress passed the first farm bill back in the depression to get financial help for struggling farmers

farmers of succession of farm bill since then have been a major component of federal

federal agricultural policy cover everything from front price supports the food safety

food safety for the nation doesn’t have a farm bill right now deadlocked Congress

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Congress let the Old Farm Bill expire without passing a new one do the disagreements over

screamin silver budget cutting food aid programs like snow are consequences

consequences of Congress fails to pass a farm bill open media and long term

Jim Meadows today I’m focused man take a look at the farm bill what it covers what could happen without

what would happen without  program

program continues after the news  welcome to focus on Jim

focus MGM Meadows congressional negotiators working on a new federal farm bill

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bill say they made progress yesterday but they are not promising the bill can be passed

can be passed by January 1st that means I don’t stop get measurements be approved

approved to extend some provisions of the bill are some food prices notably Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen start to rise sharply does the soda details you might hear about the farm bill in a race

Farm Bill in a regular newscast really do you understand what it’s all about I confess I don’t

don’t accept the farm bill is a huge part of this countries agriculture policy

tattoos on everything from price supports for crops to food safety food assistance programs

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programs such as snap also known as food stamps Josie Asians

nations on the newest multi-year Farm Bill have not gone smoothly

bisman sharp partisan disagreement on a bill that was one Cena’s largely not

Ardsley nonpartisan at least in the larger sense of congressional debate

wall to explain the farm bill to was on focus today I’m walking to gas

going to guest in with me hear the studio is Jonathan competency is clinical professor

clinical professor of law and policy in the Department of Agricultural and consumer economics

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economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Jonathan as a back

Jonathan as a background government agricultural policy that includes working family recently on

recently on the current farm bill for the US Senate committee a professor compass welcome to focus

welcome to focus thank you and welcome also on the phone Mary Kay Thatcher she’s a

coming to us from Washington she is senior director of a congressional Affairs for the

affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation what she manages up for mountain Iowa

miss that you’re welcome to the program for much and I got the first question here is

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here is a because some people are starting to say scary thing someone on what

someone on what might happen if a form but doesn’t get passed by buy some time or another

if Congress is continue to be deadlocked on a new farm bill what

what could happen in this country Mary Mary Kay and when would happen

will certainly on the farm bill actually expired on the 30th of September and I think

amber and I think there’s been very little indication there have been a few implications for the most

but for the most part that goes unnoticed and that’s exactly where we were your going 2012

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2012 iOS Jonathan tell you he spent night and day working on that in the Senate activity

egg and I spend almost 3 years now that it’s been on going so we’re already

how were already to get it done but I don’t think there’s anything magical about that September 30th

3880 North Dakota January 1st

certainly you re depressed about why we might have $7 gallon milk and that will have to

that will have to happen if we cannot finish the front or the enzyme kind of extensions is it

is it going to happen but the fact is there nothing magic about January 1st and soul

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why we certainly hope we can do it this before Congress does home if it takes offender League

early January and somehow it have to be in from former fashion attach to the budget bill to keep

bill to keep the government from shutting down again on January 15th what’s the optimist

well I I want it I want to mention right now that we welcome your phone

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Jonathan I was wondering because we just primary care just brought up the question of

love of dairy prices possibly coming up as a matter of fact NPR Morning Edition

Morning Edition couple of days ago I did a story on that but I know this one thing with

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is one thing was missing on the story of this threatens rise in Derry prices was exam

was exactly when it would take place really the first question is why

why would a re prices go up without a phone bill yeah and its inverse of America

first of America hear from me again I hope you’re out hold up well out there um certainly eyes in America

American action replay witches is not necessarily Casey January 1

one of a kind of problems show up what we have is 40 commodity

40 commodity programs in the farm bill in Tonawanda Farmville um there’s a twist Colorado

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reversion a permit law permit laws 1949 actually had these parity pricing issue

the pricing issues were trying to deuce prices to purchase a commodities and whatnot

what not and the Robinson very outdated 1949 flight aware that

FlightAware the market today what does do they operate on a crop your bases so for dairy

so for dairy to crop your actually begins technically begins in January 1st until your new crop ears

new crop your there’s not an extension or something else to suspend that permit law for the next copier

copier technically could come into play January 1st

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reality is a nightmare what part of America is getting too is that does not automatic switch

Matix which they just turns on a general won the US Department of Agriculture would actually have to undertake

take entire process to write the regulations and implement a program and Ally

and there’s a lot of questions about how you can do that what what kind of data they have to be able to make a fort 1949

1949 program work in 2013 how long will that take so there I think she’s right

flex rheumatic some of that flex flexibility will after the first year

first year is gonna be determined by how close to Prince bazaar how close to pierce a farm

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Pierce the formulas to succeeding um but the question for me still is what is the federal

is it a federal government with do they put potentially do it

who is the worst case scenario at some point that would cause milk

cause milk prices to shoot up the simplest way to describe that is AB purchasing dairy products

products that at a high price level which was the original concept how you you

you support that price by having a federal government by dairy products milk

milk at a pre high level that was then trigger or impact

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impact on the market does big of a purchaser the federal government be it could

could you could begin to see the market react to it but I think that’s the simple sentence

baby I’m buying there be a Finding be about buying high prices dairy farmers

farmers would be foolish to be fuse maybe they couldn’t refuse

and also the rest of the market would also right start rising to the level

sorry I think it’s important to understand to those that

nobody ever really expect a 1949 Act go into effect

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effect and that’s the case everytime we write a formal every 5 years in there this is it

and there that says if you don’t get the job done for river to 1949 act its not meant to ever going to

never going to affect ever really come close to going into effect affect

what the fact is it smells the sledgehammer to make sure that covers does come back and does pass a bill

bill in reviews Ultra policy food policy for whole game

gamut in the farm bill every 5 years of course sequestration was never meant to

was never meant to go into effect in yet um the federal government is operating under a today

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today are you are but do both of you feel pretty comfortable

comfortable unspecial king after the progress announced abaya

by the by the four big cat committee negotiators that essentially the two chairs in the ass

breaking members of the House and Senate committees the progress with being made you feel

do you feel that progress is being made that will be welcomed in recognized

nice on the general floor of the House and Senate to those two chambers can come together on a farm bill

Farmville  Hope Solo welcome does an interesting

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interesting term but I think there has been real progress made you know a conference committee is Batman

about to go she Asian that everybody getting a little bit nobody gets everything they want

and then you have a pretty good product and they have really strong I think it’s not a secret that food stamps

stamps SNAP program has been the biggest the huddle there is a tie

where is a large dollar difference between a 4 billion dollars Samsung Nexus

next 10 years of the Senate pass and 40 million dollar win at the house pass but even more important

is the source of the philosophical view points behind that

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that and this will be a generality but you know in general you have a good number of

good number of Republicans particularly the house feel very strong because I’m Way more

more than $40 Sam’s and getting general you have some Liberal Democrats

Democrats feel like you can’t hide a nickel when you look at those last season you look at your should be

should we be forcing people to work what about the heat NYT loophole all those

call all those kinds of things people have pretty steadfast opinions on freezer for

the Capri there for bed work really hard and trying to come up with something the middle the Kennedys

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the Kennedy passed both the House and Senate be signed by the President but its early is found in last holiday

last days some good given cake not only on that issue

next 30 days I want to get into more detail

more details on the on the on the whole snapper Food Stamp question of a little bit later

what later let me ask the big picture questions that I think everybody asks everytime Darien

Darien to do the farm bill to the general public um and the mirror

Mary Mary Kay maybe you can take a stab a tear in a nutshell what does the farm

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what does the farm bill cover  find a probably effects for Tralee every

every American because it covers nollie farm policy type things that provide a safety net for

safety net for a farmers and ranchers but like conservation programs

programs like getting broadband out to the real reason cause they’re so far behind those of us who happens live

what happened to live in the city improving hospital does kind of things are accredited programs

programs things for specialty crops there’s a sentence for example we all heard about the huge

huge in terrible snow storm a hat out in western North Dakota South Dakota western Nebraska where

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Rascal wear on their head of cattle were lost in the lights mistresses for those guys

distance for those guys to get back on their feet but then again you move over again about 80 percent

80 percent of the cost of this pill is indeed Nutrition Assistance so its help for the women

for the womens and childrens program a pregnant women to food stamp so many many Americans

Americans are affected by the spell Jonathan how is the tongue the

the debate and discussion Association surrounding this Farm Bill def

bill different from the last time it came up from the train station in 2008

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well I think without a doubt this struggled Miley

my deleted its its taking a long time to get through the last Farmville

Farm Bill at a few challenge of the town including being detained by the President and Congress

override a veto that was beat up by of President George W Bush correct

k but I think I’m getting an American

perspective on this is well but I think if you had to boil down probably the single biggest reason this one has

has has struggled if it were in this budget cutting environment that 2000

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2000 farmville actually added spending it out as new programs like the average properly election

election program in the master programs in South America imagine with the snow storm

snow storms in the assistance of livestock producers it at it out of money to snap I believe

um this time around were the whole process has been consumed by cutting the amount of space

the amount of spending cutting down programs in eliminating programs consolidation programs

we’re just running back how to program operate a laminate something you spend

you spending and that’s a very different for different

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3 different aspects that really create a struggle for a lot of individuals

individuals can you know you’re getting into zombies buried top of difficult little matters

how to sing snap a great example of how it how that further complicate a real

applicator really complicated building to go see a test and get it through Mary Kay I’m wondering

just from front from your standpoint to things look different does Congress

is Congress look different now than in 2008 even if maybe the farm bill previous today

previous to that what does no I think Jonathan has hit the nail on the head on the biggest

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the biggest problem is everybody have to give up money is a lot easier to write a formal you got more money to spend the blast

spend the last but it absolutely and things have changed I think every atom

every at 10 years a specially when we do a new census we get your people in Congress

when Congress represent world regions and therefore when they look at the 20 percent of the farm bill

the farm bill that is mostly about farmers and ranchers um they have left desire

left desire to want to be supportive of that focuses often times in other places

absurdly when you look at the last 30 years you know it used to be able to go to almost any member of Congress

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converse and find out that they were from a farmer they have an uncle from farm in the head in a couple weeks

somewhere out there baling hay ever since they were a kid and understood what a farm wasnt me

appreciation for and Ashley new farmers and ranchers and that

that we get further and further away from that every generation so we spend a truck

we spend a tremendous amount of time just trying to educate urban and suburban members in Stafford

staffers about agriculture about the fact that you know milk doesn’t come from the grocery store

and you’re making me think about the novice something that I picked up

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that that that that are the producer of a pickup for me I should

top for me I should say that’s a a briefing for the Heritage Foundation is a put out this week

this week concerning the farm bill and I just can’t do that there was Justin overwhelmed

overwhelmed not over what is a strong sense of skepticism

George this bill as far as the Heritage Foundation was concerned

in a lot of it was towards the SNAP program but but not all of it then we’re also they think they

think they also have a lot of questions about farm subsidies and how they should be the handle

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be handled is that something that is different on our arm is it

are is a stronger at different level as far as I skepticism about the

this is about the farm bill from from the conservative side of Congress

Heritage Foundation has been involved in the least the last couple of Farmville

couple of arm does but yes I think there more involved in this one are there are other groups

Dr Street partnership Pino app text errors Union etcetera that have been ball b***

ball but are more this time and I think God without a doubt

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Foundation has been leading the charge on saying you know we like it up the nutrition title from the farm

from the farm tile and they’re very vocal about the reason for wanting to do that is that they have it

is that they haven’t been successful in cutting programs on both sides is a like to do

do like to be in if they could split in half a think they could have more success so

the Heritage Foundation of strictly picked up a specially on the increasing number to Party Republican

answer to try to hammer home you know we have to reformer former format mean I don’t think they can

I don’t think they can find a program in the federal government that they don’t want to reform so it’s no surprise

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surprise this is where they are in agriculture but its your question absolutely they have been farmer

Evan farmer dealership in for more involved in this Farmville previous pills when it comes to

when it comes to the SNAP program now and what we used to call food stamps

stamps as mentioned the house actually went ahead and 1/4 past

past a separate SNAP program build a independent

independent of the farm bill and I don’t come from what from when I’m told its probably not have

probably not have everything is going to go ahead and it will probably going to be folded back in the farm bill

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the farm bill because the Senate that’s the only way to cinema Pasadena still the question

till the question of the cut at the house was seeking in comparison to the Senate

set it and and and Jonathan you work done on some versions of of this bill what is

what is what is the fight center on what’s what’s what’s the saying so being proposed for cuts

Scotts well it’s a great question a man in America tax on some of that

is there too big pieces you eat whatever Bay focuses on first and foremost are the

are the levels cause for the amount of money that cut out a program the sentence about 4 billion

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what 4 billion dollars over 10 years a house in about 40 billion dollars a b****

hey big gap between the amount of spending their cutting out how to build and sell

definitely that that level difference is hard to bridge in addition

Bank of America mentioned is actually be more than the dollar store

how you get to those dollars in reduction and both programs utilize

Eli’s um a changin what term is a loophole

Cole and how to snap benifits get calculated so the individuals benefits

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the way that you can calculate does a kind of a complex but the best

the best way I can never heard explain to serve you get on your taxes

taxi of tax deductions based on certain expenditures for SNAP kind of the same thing and one of those involved your utility

utility expenses and there’s a heating assistance for low income households

households and that the way to to work together can allow um Carolina

can I get that the doctor in wild while receiving heating assistance

some states have been using that in a way that bite

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everybody thats that possible is in $1 $1 my number

nominal amount of money for a for the heating assistance in that actually increase is there

increase is there that the amount of snapping still help there was a phrase for that I don’t know

don’t need anything right at the disco house overalls for snap

map with all would be awesome matter what and I just increases the potential benefit they get

how to get this is a ticket for using the Northeast heating cost a very expensive living expense in a very high

hi um so that’s both sides that look at that enough clothes at loop Orlando

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free porn different ways are made some modifications to it what you really get into the issues what is my house worth

is in the house and Beyond delight visions in a women to eligibility matters and what the

in what that does it without getting in the specifics of the political aspects that is win

when you going to that you’re actually removing people or preventing people removing people from programs

from program assistance for preventing me from getting it so so just a matter of how much benefits weather they get them

weather they get them out or not right people that are currently owns bowl or otherwise would be eligible for prevented

then or prevented kickoff for prevented en&tbo the Congressional Budget Office estimated in a million

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millions depending on which provision is millions of individuals that could be impacted by that

and just when you think politically those are best for boaters is a constituent Sandoz are very hard

very hard real world issues that that members of Congress have to deal with back home

Back Home for Children and Family regions in districts where the economy is not recovered is well

recovered is well with the recession continues to limit the amount of jobs are available

and this is the Hobbit at the end of the day that the whole point of snapchat

is napping help put food on the table and so when you start removing nose people change

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14 eligibility you really get into a tough political situation for for members dead

is that the deaf people now that will struggle even more to be able to eat and I think that that real world application

implication just complicate IUI deals program well if if there’s a real

there’s a really a disagreement in really in terms of of how you make the reduction

ductions does that make it harder for compromise to happen as it sounds like if one side

one side talking about apples on the other side talking about oranges it’s hard to meet halfway

halfway across the table yes I think it makes much

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making much more difficult to find a a simple middleground Ora

how to split a different kind of situation because you’re talking about eligibility nm

Belden and that another self is is minutes almost an on off switch does not come

which is not kind of a middle ground at now yeah hopefully that they continue to work until you try to find ways

try to find ways insert a comment from a few members in the House of this morning in the press

morning in the press indicate some reason for for cautious optimism about finding some

finding some some ways for but at the end of the day I certainly complicates the building at 10

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1002 I reach a compromise well I want to go back to some of the other aspects of the farm bill

the farm bill before Blues Mary Kay because your time is limited with us understand that was on

stand there was on the stairs there’s also a dispute and dumb refers

back to the one you Michael the main parts of the farm ville de Quebec

commodities and watch a different commodities would get under the spell

dispel I had been if you could I explain this to me Maricamp Rd been reading about us

reading about a dispute between um base are planted acreage

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Anchorage am I am I getting to turn right you are bits saying it’s probably easier than

easier than explaining it it is the

mini programs um since 1996 have been paid

paid depending on what occurs you hadn’t

Haden production in Save the 1980s and it was put into place that way

place that way so that if a Congress did not set the right price

the right prices for Gampel they set target prices where you get paid if he

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if the price of a commodity falls below whatever the Congressional ESET level is if they happen

if they happened to Mr inside it too high um that the Year

you weren’t going to be paid for going to be distorting the market and having farmers taking

farmers taking their signal from um the government on what was the plant

what to plant just because a certain price support what is too high what it said you were taking

who said you were taking that signal from the marketplace in general

75 is been very supportive of basic concepts of the down

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the downside that is at its difficult to explain what a basic Korean & Y

and why especially urban member of Congress would you something that is that outdated

bat out dated um but not the other really positive things about

things about face acres is that the World Trade Organization there certain things are called trades

call trade store next to have more impact on distorting trade between us

Bath and elsewhere and the beautiful estranged 49ers play today curso is better for

is better for us as we know continue to keep our fingers crossed something happened in Bali in the lacs

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actually move the World Trade Organization to go see a shins forward so there pros and cons

pros and cons to with you by bass the payment based on old historic bass acre

how to plant a database is II had been reading that this actually

sexually lead to someone maybe it’s not maybe it’s a fraction that is the Texas

what is the existing the way but I’m or public relation between some different commodities

what is not here in Illinois we grow lots of corn and soybeans and I understand they have once

send a half one side of this but maybe there’s some other commodities which were where were we’re looking a difference

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looking at a different side of this has there been friction over this issue between a different parts of farming

parts of forming  so I think you would need find corn soybean production

Shin after sexually occurs in the southeast the more supportive of staying with

staying with the base acres feeling like it is more compliant and it is less market sorting

people more like rice in peanut producers feeling like a plan today Kors with more than

the way to go so um that has been appointed contention in Hialeah

okay and I’m reading in I’m reading in the website

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the website political.com reporting on yesterday stalked by the farm buildings o’shears at the house

at the house has moved on its position that all commodity subsidies be a function

be a function of a farmers planted acres is is that what you’re getting as well

you’re getting as well then to the 15th to be some movement in the goshi

will that circle the rumor on the street today but I can’t tell you that I have I seen anything

anything in writing Nora buy have that confirm verbally by anybody who is in the

who was in the room so you know I can’t believe that that’s a correct statement but I 15 Washington

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550 Washington long enough to know that sometimes a bad rumors get started it just keeps the snow balling 2

is that a soda thing that’s going to be a big concern to

2 of people win win any server farm bill gets to the House floor people outside the act

outside the Agriculture Committee will they essentially accept that part of the package whatever it is

whatever it is our will that be a potential bread flag for somebody on one side to the other

the other the way say I any a settlement on SNAP benefits maybe

snap benefit issue is 20 times more important than planner

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Planeta base a curse of the vast majority of members of House and Senate but for people in need

4 people in your organization I take it to come out of the subsidies are very important

ar and you know I think generally speaking I get on a program like this

Lycasin somebody called in a lot of push back about while giving farmer sub station II work and I don’t get it

can I don’t get a sub city and the so I think it’s important is worth thinking about the context of this

contacts to this Farmville 2 how to reflect on the fact that you know I don’t just compete on my

computer on my farming operation up with a guy down the road I think I the next carryover

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over I compete on worldwide basis in agriculture and when you look at

when you look at the way that developed countries around the world support their pharmacy

is there for me the ranchers we are way below average worried about 9 percent of every dollar

every dollar that the go to the farmers market homes from some former neither of government payments

payments but on average wood in the 20’s and 30’s and if we look at some of our trade competitors like

competitors like your pants around 60 cents of every dollar so you feel like

you feel like in agriculture we need to continue to make sure the dark micrograms are supporting farmers

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supporting farmers and ranchers and we are very supportive of moving the World Trade Organization

Salon in reducing no support levels around the world but certainly we don’t feel

certainly we don’t feel like we should I use a ladder Lee disarm here at home and make our farm

make are farmers compete against farmers elsewhere but Farmers and their governments wear

elsewhere ok Ana before I let you go maybe I could just asked if you want to make a prediction

prediction as to how to talk farm bill burr going to have a phone bill sometime in the beginning of

in the beginning of 2014 how farmers will be doing by do you expect it sounds like

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it sounds like you’re the battle is over and over a smaller pie

hi um is is this could be a tougher for you for farmers because of that

does that well I do think it was all so that Shirley Jonathan Kaufer

destined to Iowa because he’s been a big part of the ocean for a long time but

but I think we will get it done by the middle of January I think that the we can build

can build a farm bill with a safety net you know much of the safety

safety vs on the crop insurance program with a vast majority of us

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Jordi of us is a very popular program so I think we can have a program

have a program with an attic with safety net for pharmacy will Mary Kay Thatcher I know your time is

I know your time is limited to with with with us this is gonna be a busy time for us this thing

continues to be discussed but I wanted to thank you very much for coming on focus today

thank you thank you Mary Kay Thatcher of the American Farm Bureau Federation

ration and also with us today is Professor Jonathan compass Ave University of Illinois

city of Illinois without a culture and consumer education formally eyes

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spending a lot of time out in on on on Capitol Hill with the

the bank I guess the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee W 70 and working on the farm bill

Farmville until recently what we will be continuing are in France did I say

dissecting understand the farm bill here on focus after a short break this is f****** son

is focus on wyll  we are back on focus

unfocused Sheeran WILL Meadows in West Virginia discussion of

discussion of the farm bill debate with University of Illinois agricultural consumer

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consumer economics professor can I mix did I say that consumer education

second cousin right at economics okay anyway professor Jonathan compass

office of formally of working for FedEx debbie Stabenow

and which also means you were formerly working on the farm bill Mets correct II Spencer

Spencer better part last 3 years writing not helping mature women right to farm bill working on

Nana horse the provisions that are in a bit civically a lot of work on

a lot of work on a sports crop insurance Conservation I miss you the other titles

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title so it it is on its been a tough the tough Road in its eye

there’s a reason for cautious optimism kind of glad to see some of the comet Ison

comments on the presence morning that sounds like you’re making progress I’d love to see this bill get completed get across finish

across the line and I have a fighter build place for for all of Agriculture and end

and I think everybody involved with it is is ready for 2 hours to get up get up

to get up get over with another can move on and work on some other items

what ive been ive been a long long schlong weather Goshen is apparently were saying from the news cover

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news coverage that I saw yesterday after yesterday’s meeting that they were optimistic but they still

stick but they still will not promising is a bill until after January 1st

first which is win something which which is when I release the dairy prices

Terry price supports with technically expire wandering odds

do you think if if that’s going to be the case is Congress going to

is Congress going to put together some sort of temporary short term stop gap extension

shin Se just for their winter recess if if they’re not going to end

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if you’re not going to pass something now that it’s a good question I think

um I think something is going to Panda on how much more progress is made between now and then

Allen and Franklin next Friday’s kind of the the last date did both the same house in session together

the gather um so I think it if they make real progress in East Mesa CA

USANA CA kind of get that momentum point where it is ready to go to get on the floor in sand

orange and navy County census of the dollar pass the bill

when you probably don’t need extension get his mansion earlier the I did a reissue

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resu while it is the potential as you it isn’t necessarily on

Sara Lee on you not going to wake up on New Years Day and have no prices going up or down the store knitted 780

78 dollars um so there I think like a billionaire to lower

for them to work it out yeah there’s theirs there’s quite a bit of work to be done

where to be done even want to a final dreaming is reached dumb and I think that’s camera

that’s camera looking at now you got a lot of work in and how bad is the legislative languages shape in Franklin

frankly on how to dress for Budget Office estimate what is what the deals are going to cost

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going to cost to take some time just working through those pieces want you have a final deal is inside

is in factor and getting closer is it in Decatur Nebraska well if you have questions about the farm bill

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question maybe more on the philosophical underpinnings of how the farm bill works and why in terms

y in terms of price of ports of from a Brian Hui mailed out of

of writing that maybe it’s because I wasn’t raised in central Illinois but its hard to understand

it’s hard to understand why the farm bill has somebody kickbacks for corn soy and dairy

married with fruit and vegetable farmers laptop freeze kickbacks Brian’s word anime

and I’m sure supporters of off of the FarmVille don’t use that word

what words when talking about a farm subsidies but I understand that of fruits and vegetables

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vegetables do not receive subsidies that has a corn and soybeans and Jerry tales

yeah yeah yeah you’re right it’s a lot of saliva have some disagreement with the term K

dreaming with the term kick back by 2 to the extent that you’re talking about the

the support programs in the federal support to farmers

most often as income support for farmers and crop insurance a production support

Production Support Assistants mismanagement assistance um there’s a difference you have the ball come out

bulk commodities the corn soybean cotton rice how weed does Big Baltimore

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big bulk commodities are we what is the farm bill are the ones that are in the programs where the farmers receive

farmers receive direct financial assistance from the government there is a

there is a there’s a hole title the farm bill that is dedicated fruit vegetable production

Titletown a bill and it deals with assisting a host of different that ass

different aspects of fruit vegetable farming everything from um helping fun pass a disease

pastor disease research impact disease responses shoes for a uni concern for

concern for for a fruit and vegetables as well helping with without state of Richmond

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farmers markets to marketing and promotion and things like that so there’s assistance for that

war that for the fruit vegetable grower not the same source of the same scope of a cyst that’s cracked is not a citizen

is not a citizen by no means anywhere close the same amount of money or the same kind

kind it is not a direct financial assistance 22 Farmers of those crops

does crops point out that is important is crop insurance and crop

and crop insurance make a mansion earlier if anybody talk to weather in central Illinois air war

or California Michigan crop insurance with a big big is your anus become

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become the predominant safety net for farmers and 10 things to FarmVille dead

Oded between the Senate was work to expand crop insurance cover

coverage for crop insurance policies for fruit vegetable farmers today could have

could have the same kind of risk management tools were some risk management tools what’s a corner pharmacy Illinois

Illinois have and that is Ibiza big part of helping out

certainly dad the title 1 commodities Harbor Freight why is

why is why is that emphasis given on the commodities

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commodity subsidies over for vegetables you’re a great question and you don’t have to go back

how to go back to go back to the very beginning day 2 years ago we started when when the conversation

converse in Santa Rosa Avenue Station first push that provide assistance to farmers

I’m doing great depression last to know how to chose pick and choose between

between different crops in Farmers and vegetable Denver time

um I don’t think I can give you a great dancer today I think a lot of America images on the market shoes

Marques use the Baltimore DRS are some what different in and market

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market and foreign competition and I think it is sort of grown ups

grown out of some of that I use is there a factory because these are commodities

these are commodity crops season crops which can be more easily stored

word that might be seen as a more basic staple of food that in the

the situation when there is a danger of real shortages coming up

coming up at the DC that may be a decision was made by federal officials at the zoo

these were the crops that people needed to a gift for first intention to in order to

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21 order in Indian in order to prevent does the engine

genuine panic maybe even ideas of things like food riots or something like that

certainly at a commodity like weed is a great sample of very very much just a Pokemon

staple commodity how we saw it in recent years as real as recently designed to stew

2008 where you had some you have to have a receipt

loss of reproduction around the world and it did trigger some pretty tough Momence IL

Momence IL impartial world I were Bob some countries cut off export some country

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Sports countries that use all lines of individuals trying to get food to get bread

bread and so does stable commodities yes they’re certainly big argument that you want to ensure that

ensure that production you want to make sure that that that the nation can continue to produce enough

KCI state prison of not only for STP weed we provide quite a bit of the world’s supply

apply at the staple commodities in a pink eye does the two stroke

some of the struggles of how to store glee Albertsons market in with production issues

um and how how the programs involved out of the Great Depression

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the Great Depression out of out of the farm crisis of that era in an egg and in the end the 80’s

in the end the 80s um we have at large ball commodity production and just something different aspects

different aspects to go with that because they’re store because you’re computing worldwide from any of them NNN

NNN of God gives back exactly sandwiches we we do this iPhone

how fundamentally do this to make sure that that as a nation we can produce how to commodities

fruits and vegetables the killer tomatoes and we need to continue to be able to fly to provide

how to provide said you were in your working up in Washington as as as

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as as late as earlier this year you’ve been with your license beginning of the fall semester I’m

semester I’m wondering when you look at the Congress today the more divided Congress

where is right now in the reduced Clouds of Agriculture that America Kenya

Mary Kay Thatcher talked about do you seen this the same understanding

standing on appreciation of this sort of system of the

played out in the farm bill doesn’t have the same sore back in time

Somerset did say maybe 10 20 years ago that said that’s a great question in an

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in and out at the risk of getting a shameless plug for someone work I’m doing right now I myself

how I myself another FLA professor in an apartment Hitachi thing I have to have a phone

will have a phone forum.dailypostaday.org what is happening this

what is happening this and this farmville Cyclonus final effort that is different from the past week

we the first Liquidators compare 1996 what is a very difficult find out undertaking is well

is well in summer had a lot of partisan fight between

fight between converse in the White House in and the Furious vicious rid of cutting spending

00:40:45

cutting spending what kind of trying to answer some of that was the first thing you notice is kind of

this is kind of how the how the different regions of the country how they line up with her party Philly

what are party affiliation and how that is changed over time and you know it raises questions about whether or not

not all those things list of trends have made it more difficult ombre

I’m breaking a lot of it comes back to the big challenges we have in writing

writing this kind of legislation enacted in a difficult vegetarian Barnes and

and um you know when you’re when you’re making change the program

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the programs are eliminating programs of people using and depend upon a time cases

what makes a tough lately um and I think American made point you as a nation

the nation we were not a kind of rule based nations were in 730

730 and we certainly in the Balkans the district in Congress are urban or suburban

bourbon and many people have to have not had that contain in contact with with farming

Westwood farming and agriculture understand frankly does the risk involved in

Baldwin trying to produce a commodity to go to the food you eat think she might she mention it

00:41:55

education process that was a big part of it continues to be a big part of trying to educate a member

members in groups in and constituents on what is programs do in Wyandanch

YNN importance of farming and agriculture to their everyday life when we most

most of the farm at all the ways of starting point for the conversation

the farm doc Dailey that you talked about it forces online it from doctor

find Dr Aledo Illinois .edu and you can find a link to it at our website at will

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Facebook and Twitter at focus 580 Carol from Urbana IL

00:43:05

Urbana is asking if I buy a field playing the farm bill

take it away from Schroon and subsidized for biofuel are they parted

is that issue part of the phone bill a part of it is yes the you made

you made me referring to the renewable fuel standard which is not a part of the farm bill that’s the mandate

mandates that we bland I buy a fuel in a gasoline supply how ever there is none

however there is an entire title of the farm bill in both the House and the Senate that’s been there since 2000

2210 years now that provides assistance for the

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for the production of biofuels and for renewable energy in general

young couples amples the last farmville 2008 create a program called the biomass crop assistance program

Christmas program designed specifically to help farmers with with

with with growing with transitioning into biomass crops things like Miss campus in switchgrass is a lot of work

Kraft lot of work and I’m scared of university and a program to help farmers offset

offset some of this is the cost to switch to new crop some of the risk of a new crop tee program

programs like that there’s no reason for loans in and Loan Guarantee programs for Reno weather

00:44:15

renewable energy facilities in and things like that so biofuels do play into it um

um an end but if you ask me about the fuel standard that’s not a part Farmville

Farmville knocking on the to the degree to do play in is that a bone of contention

contention in the oceans I don’t think it’s been a NFL team

infl bone of contention I think it impacts negotiations

Indian sort of some ways that that kind of girl

make some difficult conversations in agriculture and we seen it over the years between

00:44:50

the years between a few years back at this fuel food vs field abate you had some issues

Michigan livestock industry that are concerned about the amount of corn does into biofuel production

do I think that that factors into the discussion of factors into um probably more than anything

more than anything that the perspective different members bring to do to go see a shins

Asians certainly diya The Price is that has this been restaurant

restaurants have been in recent years and a lot of that people look at your Facebook it

I’m planning decisions that a pharmacist had a million and now you get a series of question

00:45:25

get a series of questions and answers to get it impacts meds peoples using the debate

are the debate but it doesn’t actually you know it’s not one of those things are there to go shooting over or have a

where have a baby frog disagreement about they have to resolve for the farm bill to self

build self let’s go ahead and take a collar and I want to say hello to Daryl in Bloomington online

Bloomington online for good morning urine Focus good morning I’m a typical

typical corn soybean farmer central Illinois and uh

the question about a crop insurance are the Reverend Shuron so we have is on

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we have a great a risk management innovation other countries are trying to cop

is there trying to copy it don’t want to do a thing to diminish that but

what on a certain level I get promoted the larger Nero

narrow margin operation proposal

proposals that there be a cap put on the crop insurance premiums

premium subsidies and I think that the common sense

common fence idea that everybody has access to crop insurance premium subsidies

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subsidies  after certain level in about that you can still buy crop insurance

crop insurance but but you pay the the full load me that would be a good

good uh uh reform in RI crop insurance program

program  can chocolate more about that Johnson

how to get to the Tootsie I see if you had a great point A to point a spin off

how to spend a matter of discussion and there’s been very is perfect

where is perfect proposals on on the talk about what do you actually limit just for fun

00:47:10

just for folks the darnest know you’re the crop insurance program quickly on a background check what is

what is the farmer purchases crop insurance you purchase insurance for your car health insurance

car insurance and the farmer paisa premium b*** portion at Premium is offset

is offset by the federal government is not actually a subsidy to the farmer its a reduction in the overall premium car

Premium cost in that money goes into the larger um find the risk pool

risk pool if you will that helps pay out when there are losses but its not

directions to proposal what are you cap the amount of premium subsidy pharmacy

00:47:45

farmer to get summer end in the dark nightie support programs without limits

payments on a mountain the one farmers receive from a program that was also about in a minute

member the passing the Senate both sides 2012 in and past year that would reduced

would reduce the percentage of a premium assistance for those farmers

for those farmers Avenue just a gross income about center $50,000 in a couple proposal

proposals that have come through I got a minute Igreja by the Senate both last year this year so is a part of

is a part of this n**** she Asian t*** nurse I not just began to do some real resistance 2

00:48:20

resistance 2 that I’m through out the industry drive farming anyone who sings the song I want to

one of the concerns of people have is what it is what does it do certainly understanding the budget

the budget reform issues back because it’s an insurance product what what we don’t know

don’t know how that changes how insurance WA parade end and um

will work for all farmers is all the sudden changes purchase behavior causes big

causes big farmers to buy large policies in Sherlock acres if they change

change how they buy insurance that up the cost for everybody else does keeping in mind that the insurance

00:48:55

insurance program works when you got a lot of Farmers a lot of acreage in your able to spread

spread that risk of indemnity Israel spreading across top large areas

large areas in different about risk areas so it’s definitely come out

definitely come up stamina Party argument our discussion and bait it’s there still some pretty big

pretty big on Owens about what the consequences my baby and I hope that help

hope that helps a question is is that actually pay

actually part of the farm bill because people said if the father doesn’t pass it

00:49:30

crop insurance is something separate it goes on any ways that true that is true

that is true crop insurance is a permanent statue did not have a sunset date hourly cost on Sunday

call sunset date the farm bill commodity titles programs for example direct payments know that have a 5

I have a 5yr sunset date and so the crop insurance permits been there since 1938

1938 continues to FarmVille does make changes periodically to that

that crop insurance statute that were talking about the title of this phone bill that would make changes in the pod

changes in the permanent crop insurance statue of a formal doesn’t pass um the

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the program today okay thank you for the call I just want to

is 145 my own curiosity were talking about revenue insurance talkin bout

talking about insurance based on how well the crop harvest is are based on

you know how much a price of Pharmacy get for a revenue the function of both is a function of the yields

yield and the prices so for example for corn you got an A

h***** production history that you use that determines how you set a guarantee for your ear

before your heels and there are your base policies but there’s also been a huge yacht

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move towards Revenue baseball means coming up in the spring for corn

corn on the rich man’s Management Agency looks at the futures prices for corn in the phone settings

falling sets a estimate price price times you will give you this revenue guarantee that you didn’t

you didn’t sure gansta so should much is Amway a fob if a drought wifi

corn crop in the summer do you get it you’re getting down to the most likely from the insurance

Insurance Program because its revenue the price is factored into you mail

you may lose me you’ll be the price goes up so you don’t have a lot of Revenue the other way around

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round you may have a good you’re no price in my not have a revenue losses just a different way of calculating

calculating um dia the coverage in how and what covers bed covers

covers most prized you and that’s where we’re going to stop it right now um

find build a big subject and I just hope we been able to shut up a little more light on a deal certainly

certainly be in the news in the next few weeks my thanks to you Jonathan compass

Ave of the University of Illinois for being on the program today along with me adventure

venture of the American Farm Bureau Federation this is focus on wyll