Debate begins over the 2007 Farm Bill. Money is a touchy subject for most people, but mixed up with government policy and politics, the discussion can be downright volatile. Although Congress won't begin writing the 2007 Farm Bill until next year, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns is hard at it, conducting listening sessions in several states to begin laying the groundwork for the next law. Johanns says the Bush administration plans to play a more aggressive role in drafting the 2007 Farm Bill than it did in the 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act.
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