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Senator Nelson Will Seek Cap on Payments to Large Farm Operations
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says he and a bipartisan
group of senators will seek to cap federal farm payments to large
farming operations.
Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, said Wednesday that the group plans
to introduce a measure to limit payments to so-called mega-farms.
Nelson says that with farm income booming and the national
deficit soaring, ``the time has come to rein in these payments.'
Nelson, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is
sponsoring the proposal with Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin, of Iowa;
Tim Johnson, of South Dakota; Sherrod Brown, of Ohio; and Kirsten
Gillibrand of New York; and Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, of
Iowa, and Mike Enzi, of Wyoming,
Nelson says he hopes the measure will be included in the federal
farm bill being crafted by Congress.
© Associated Press
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