Hazardous Farm Bill Environment: With every government program taking a sequester cut, including White House tours, lost is the broad coalition of the equally funded. Instead, there are sharks circling the waters of Washington, hoping someone else's targeted reduction will free up some of their own chum. Farm groups are rewriting their farm bill policy demands of last year to make them more defensible in this year's environment. Competitors such as sugar producers (limit imports, guaranteed minimum price) and sugar users (wanting the lower world price for the ingredient) are now back in a scrum on Capitol Hill after having put their fight on hiatus during the past several farm bills. In short, maneuvering a farm bill through the Congress...

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