Broadcast Newsline: February 8, 2006

President Bush has proposed a two-point-seven trillion dollar budget for fiscal year 2007 that calls for reductions in farm program spending.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Dr. Gary Adams, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council.

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President Bush has proposed a two-point-seven trillion dollar budget for fiscal year 2007 that calls for reductions in farm program spending. According to Dr. Gary Adams, Vice-President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, this budget will disrupt current farm programs.

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Adams explains that the next step is up to Congress to decide.

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Adams says The National Cotton Council is committed to making sure agriculture is not asked to bear a disproportionate share of the federal deficit trimming process.

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