1. At several recent meetings of peanut growers, the allergy issue has been widely discussed, Estrada said. 2. Consumer groups and family farm activists object on the grounds that most of the benefits accrue to a few wealthy sugar and peanut growers. 3. Expecting cuts in all agriculture subsidies, peanut growers had been working with drafters of the farm bill on revising their program. 4. GOP Sen. Rick Santorum plans to introduce a bill in the Senate in two weeks that would end price supports for peanut growers. 5. However, peanut growers disputed this figure. 6. I can only guess how loudly the peanut growers in Texas will howl at the McAllen-Second Grader Bill. 7. In a rare show of bipartisanship, Southern Democrats and Republicans closed ranks Thursday to defend the federal program that supports peanut growers. 8. It also limits permits for peanut growers, and then sets minimum prices for the peanuts they grow, raising the costs for processors. 9. It took a peanut grower with a vision and a passion for diving to bring a touch of the Olympics to this friendly, sports-minded farming community. 10. More important, he comes armed with an abundance of facts and figures compiled by the peanut growers. |