1.   The strength of the farm lobby prompted the US administration to operate a price support system.

2.   But he said he hopes his neighbor Kristol and others will hear reason from the farm lobby.

3.   Given the power and money of the farm lobby, Senate mavericks like Lugar and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, have their work cut out for them.

4.   Several of the closest Senate races this November are in states such as Iowa, South Dakota and Missouri that have large and powerful farm lobbies.

5.   Some farm-state lawmakers and most of the national farm lobby deride the idea.

6.   The California farm lobby is fuming that the loss of subsidized water amounts to a terrible infringement upon its property rights.

7.   The farm lobby will be weakened by another part of the electoral reform, which reduces the overweighting of rural constituencies.

8.   The farm lobby has been too weak to gain passage of the farm program in recent years without alliances with environmentalists and supporters of programs such as food stamps.

9.   The House Agriculture Committee, under pressure from the farm lobby, rebuffed attempts to consolidate the food stamp program into block grants to the states.

10.   The historically cohesive farm lobby now faces the phenomenon of dissent within.