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Senator Joe Donnelly emphasized the importance of passing a long-term farm bill that provides help to the agriculture community while reducing the deficit.
Don Villwock says farmers found some relief in the bill that was passed to avert the fiscal cliff, but a comprehensive farm bill still needs to be adopted.
If a new farm bill does not pass by Jan. 13, federal price supports revert to a "parity pricing" system created in the Truman Administration.
With 71 percent of Indiana’s corn crop rated in poor to very poor condition, farmers are looking for whatever help they can get.
State officials say a federal farm bill could help alleviate the costs of this year's drought.
The bill would force Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Mitch Roob's agency to cancel its contract with IBM Corporation.
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