The Senate bill creates an optional program that would provide subsidies when crop revenue falls below a statewide target level. The House bill has a stripped-down version that is targeted to national revenue, making it less attractive to farmers. The optional program is a top priority for Midwest corn growers, who stand to get little from traditional crop subsidies that pay farmers when commodity prices fall but not when crops fail. The Senate has neither of those measures but would...

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He hasn't been picking the vegetables much and hasn't been going to the farmers' market on weekends. He is a senior at Mars High School who lives on a farm, carries a 3.5 grade point average and calls reading one of his favorite hobbies. Although there are no statistics to prove it, no one is known to have rushed for 2,000 yards in the regular season before Smith. He hasn't been helping his mother take care of the horses, donkeys, pigs and sheep on the farm like he used to do. But once...

By Our Correspondent DADU, Oct 28: Thousands of growers did not to cultivate cotton, wheat, vegetables and other crops and about 60,000 acres of land remained barren in Johi, Dadu, Sita, and Bhan Syedabad sub-divisions due to shortage of irrigation water in Dadu and Jamshoro districts during the current Rabi season. By Our Correspondent DADU, Oct 28: Thousands of growers did not to cultivate cotton, wheat, vegetables and other crops and about 60,000 acres of land remained barren in Johi,...

We went to the town only to swim in the public pool (I developed a three-week fascination for high-diving after watching the Montreal Olympics on our new colour television) or to buy shoes and eat in the Golden Egg, which served a mixed grill on an oval plate. We went to the town only to swim in the public pool (I developed a three-week fascination for high-diving after watching the Montreal Olympics on our new colour television) or to buy shoes and eat in the Golden Egg, which served a...