http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2008/04/23/administration-asks-congress-to-extend-the-farm-bill-for-one-yar en-us 40 Updates and information about the the trends in Dairy Markets <p>U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday called on Congress to give up its deadlocked negotiations over a $600 billion farm law and pass by Friday a <a href="http://future.aae.wisc.edu/collection/news_items/year_extension.pdf"> one-year extension</a> of the 2002 law, popular in farm country.</p> <p>The White House proposal would erase hopes in Congress of large increases in funding for nutrition programs like food stamps and in land stewardship. Some farm lobbyists say a bill cannot pass without rewarding those popular programs.</p> <p>House and Senate negotiators, meeting minutes after the White House issued Bush&#8217;s statement, said they would make a final effort to wrap up the new law. The optimism was mixed with sober words that time is short.</p> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:11:00 -0500 urn:uuid:0bf7d830-7ff7-4503-ac1a-f8d806567a1f Brian Gould http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2008/04/23/administration-asks-congress-to-extend-the-farm-bill-for-one-yar News