Coming Sunday

Sat., May 29, 2004

The Spokesman-Review

It could be a lean year in farm country. Fuel costs are rising, and government support dollars are dwindling.

American farmers expect the federal government to withhold about $15 billion in various program payments this year that they had hoped to collect.

Is the promise of the 2002 Farm Bill being fulfilled?

Read more about the problems plaguing farm country in a story by John Stucke in Sunday Business.

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