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Farmers worry about effect of $30B in cuts (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! News: Politics News On July - 16 - 2011 News Politics

FILE - In this April 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, tour a farm in Palmyra, Mo., with owner Lowell Schachtsiek, right. As Obama and lawmakers try to negotiate a deficit-reduction deal, they have targeted $30 billion or more in agriculture spending cuts. Some farmers say they know they will have to take a hit, but they fear that too many cuts will force booming crop prices to take a dive, sending farmers back into a 1980s-era farm crisis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Farm groups are rushing to save government subsidies they've long received.


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