Cochran to play key role in farm bill

Cochran to play key role in farm bill

Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi said he’ll work to protect Southern farmers as he helps craft a new farm bill amid heightened pressure on Congress to cut federal spending.

“We’ll do the best we can … to be sure that it’s equitable and fair,” said Cochran, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.

Cochran said agriculture programs could be hard hit by the general push to limit federal spending and, more immediately, by sequestration spending cuts that took effect March 1.

Gannett
3/9/13