Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for farm bill

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new U.S. farm law that ended in a stalemate in 2012, and the biggest obstacle is not likely to be soil conservation or crop subsidies, but the billions spent mostly in cities and towns. Analysts say food stamps for the poor, the biggest Agriculture Department program at an estimated $79 billion this …

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