date:Jul 28, 2012
e ranchers pay for grazing their cows.
Most of the current 2008 farm bill expires Sept. 30, but assistance programs for natural disasters expired in 2011.
The Senate passed its version of the five-year, $500 billion farm bill on June 21. The House Agriculture Committee approved its version on July 12, but House leadership still has not brought the measure up for a vote.
House Republicans are still weighing whether to advance a shortened one-year farm bill before the August recess.
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