date:Dec 27, 2012
of milk to $8 per gallon at supermarkets.
In June, the Senate passed a version of the five-year, $500 billion farm legislation, which covers such areas as agriculture, conservation, forestry policy and nutrition. The House Agriculture Committee passed a version of the farm bill the following month. The legislation would save more than $35 billion in mandatory funding, repeal or consolidate more than 100 programs and cut billions in discretional spending authority, according to a summary of the