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Before Congress recessed until after Labor Day, HouseSenate conferees, who have been reconciling differences in the omnibus farm bill passed by the two bodies of Congress, reached agreement on how to handle disaster payments for the droughtdamaged 1977 corn crop, according to Seventh District Congreeman J. Kenneth Robinson.
“Agreement was reached to base disaster payments on 50 per cent of the target price for corn, whenever less than 60 per cent of the normal yield is harvested. The payments would cover total planted acres that failed to vield, not just government
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