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BANGOR - Mark Rey, the under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service, was in town Thursday telling residents that Congress needs to pass the 2007 Farm Bill this year.
Benefits for Maine are at stake, he said. If the bill is not passed, Congress will have two choices - revert to policies written in 1949, which is very unlikely, Rey said, or extend the 2002 Farm Bill by five years.See the full content of this document
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Official Urges Ok of 2007 Farm Bill
"That would be an unfortunate development for Maine," Rey said, "because all we put in it [the 2007 Farm Bill] for conservation would be lost."
Rey was the keynote spe...See the full content of this document
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