Farm-state lawmakers told Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns on Wednesday that growers and ranchers would suffer unduly from the $587 million in farm subsidy cuts sought by the White House.
The cuts include reducing direct crop and dairy payments by 5 percent and lowering the per-person subsidy limit by 31 percent. The Bush administration plan would also make one-third of U.S. cotton, grain and soybean crops eligible only for short-term loans that would have to be repaid.
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