81.   Supporters contend that farm programs have succeeded in their basic goal of feeding the nation at relatively little cost to taxpayers, so the system should be saved.

82.   That measure has divided some Southern House Republicans because it largely dismantles current farm programs by phasing down subsidies over seven years.

83.   That was more than the subsidies would have been under previous farm programs.

84.   That year he interviewed convention delegates for a farm radio program.

85.   The administration wants to maintain traditional farm programs that preserve an income safety net for agriculture and rural America.

86.   The bill scraps traditional farm programs where subsidies rise when market prices fall.

87.   The Congressional Budget Office now figures that farm programs will be less expensive than first thought.

88.   The contingency fund is already oversubscribed by other commitments like defense, prescription drugs for the elderly and farm programs.

89.   The Clinton administration objects to the bill because it fails to preserve a minimum price, or financial safety net, under farm programs.

90.   The farm program is indeed complex, both the regulations and the politics that keep it alive.