1. He has a farm bill amendment ready that would phase out the peanut program over six years. 2. Supporters argue that the peanut program has been reformed under the Senate farm bill and the proposed House legislation. 3. The peanut program allows only farmers with a federal quota to grow peanuts for the domestic Market. 4. And one of them, the half-century-old peanut program, could prove vulnerable once Congress takes aim at higher profile subsidies. 5. And the peanut program, he said, means that consumers pay more for peanut butter at the supermarket due to production quotas and import restrictions. 6. Armey, whose home state includes a lot of nonquota farmers, wants to abolish the peanut program altogether. 7. As always, the peanut program and agriculture will be a priority for the Georgia delegation. 8. Armey, the second most powerful Republican in the House, has long led the opposition to the peanut program. 9. As a biting wind whipped across a fallow field, Billy Griggs spread chicken manure with a bulldozer and unloaded on Congress for changing the federal peanut program. 10. As part of his position, Miller continues to support changes in the peanut program approved earlier this month by the House. |