Looking at the 112th Congress and Working on the Wolf Issue

Looking at the 112th Congress and Working on the Wolf Issue

Looking at the 112th Congress and Working on the Wolf Issue. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report. When the 112th Congress moves into Washington, D.C. next year, pressure will continue to grow to get spending under control and a favorite target will continue to be farm support programs according to Chuck Haselbrook, Executive Director of the Center For Rural Affairs. HASELBROOK: The most effective thing Congress can do to make farm programs work better for family sized farms and to improve the income of farm operators is just stop subsidizing the mega-farms to bid land away from their neighbors and drive up land prices by putting a real. Meaningful cap on farm payments. Wyoming lawmakers are considering whether to hire a lawyer and join Montana and Idaho in trying to negotiate the removal of wolves from the federal endangered species act. The federal government lifted protections for wolves in Idaho, Montana and parts of Oregon, Utah and Washington in 2009 but that was later reversed by a federal judge. The Legislative Management Council meets today to consider a request to spend $30,000 on a lawyer to negotiate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Idaho and Montana would be expected to contribute as well. Now here's today's Washington Grange Report. (GRANGE) That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
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