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January 10 - Agriculture: President Urges Congress to Overhaul Farm Programs

January 31 - Senate Votes to Extend Drought and Flood Benefits

February 7 - Drought Benefits Bill Provokes Storm

February 14 - Disaster Payments May Spark Farm Bill Rewrite

February 14 - From Frozen Peaches to Flood-Damaged Hay... Farm Boys in Congress Go Their Own Way

February 21 - Budget Panels Not Likely to Press for Farm Cuts

February 21 - Comparative Size of Farm Spending (chart)

February 21 - Farm Credit System May Need Help From Hill

February 21 - For the Farmer, It's a Question of Necessity

February 28 - Hill, White House Weigh Farm Credit Options

February 28 - Pay-for-Not-Planting Bill Approved

March 14 - Disaster Relief Bill Scaled Back: Major Farm Fight Postponed, But Delay Is Only Temporary

March 21 - House Passes Disaster Aid Bill for Farmers

March 28 - Expanded Farm Credit Bailout Gains Support

March 28 - Panel OKs Agricultural Aid and Trade Missions

March 28 - Spending Bill Reflects Congress' Wants, Needs

March 28 - Supplemental Totals (chart)

April 4 - Farmer and Uncle Sam: An Old, Odd Couple

April 4 - The Language of Agriculture Policy

April 11 - Bill to Set Up Agricultural Trade Missions Passed

April 11 - Congress OKs Delay in Conservation Compliance

April 11 - Senate Urges Aid for Farm Credit System

April 25 - Farm Policy Fight Evaporates; Aid Bill Passed

May 2 - Panel OKs $9.4 Billion Add-On Spending Bill

May 2 - Senate Agriculture Panel Stalls on Farm Credit

May 9 - Conferees Agree on Disaster Relief Bill

May 9 - Farm Credit Bailout to Cost at Least $6 Billion

May 9 - Marketing Loan Battlefield Shifts to Trade

May 16 - Disaster Relief Bill Goes to President

May 16 - Farm Credit Markup Begins Slowly

May 23 - The CCC Plows a Furrow for Other Spending

May 23 - Whitten Seldom Wastes an Opportunity... ...Especially When It Comes to Agriculture

May 30 - Reagan Signs Disaster Relief Bill

June 6 - Current Methods Miss Salmonella: Chicken Inspections May Be Revamped to Protect Health

June 6 - Hopes Slim for Early Corn Payments

July 4 - Congress Clears Supplemental Spending Bill

July 4 - Major Provisions of Supplemental Funding Bill

July 11 - International Farm Subsidy Cut Sought

July 25 - Farm Credit System Seeks a $6 Billion Bailout

July 25 - Few Farm Credit Bailout Proposals Agree... ...On How to Help System - Or Pay for It

August 1 - House Panel OKs Bill to Change Food Programs

August 1 - Senate Passes Crop Research Bill

August 1 - Wright Gets Farm Credit Bill Moving - Slowly

August 8 - House Panel Approves Farm Credit Shake-Up

August 8 - House Passes Pay-for-Not-Planting Bill

August 8 - House, Senate Pass Bills to Change Food Aid

August 15 - 'Farmer Mac' Helped Carry Farm Credit Bill

August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Agriculture

August 15 - Provisions of House Panel's Farm Credit Bill

August 15 - System's Status Better Than Expected

September 19 - Tranquil Farm Credit Markup Starts in Senate

September 19 - Turf Battle Threatened Farm Credit Bill: House Postpones Floor Fight Over Creating 'Farmer Mac'

September 26 - Farm Credit Rescue Action Slows to a Crawl

October 3 - Administration Threatens Veto: Clock Starts to Work Against Farm Credit Bailout Measure

October 10 - Dingell Support Weakens White House Stance: Bailout of Farm Credit System Passed by Strong House Vote

October 10 - Fiscal 1988 Agriculture Funding (chart)

October 10 - Panel Approves $52.9 Billion for Agriculture

October 17 - Agriculture Appropriation Approved

October 17 - Timing of Payments Would Shift: Using Some Fancy Footwork Farm Committees Find Funds

October 24 - Fiscal 1988 Agriculture Funding (chart)

October 24 - Panel Inches Ahead on Farm Credit

October 24 - Senate Agriculture Resorts to 'Paper' Savings

October 24 - Veto Threatened: House Panel OKs $55 Billion For Agriculture and Nutrition

October 31 - Budget Crisis Complicates Farm-Credit Rescue

November 7 - Provisions of Senate Panel's Farm-Credit Bill

November 7 - Senate Panel Approves Farm-Credit Bailout

November 14 - House Urges Use of Crop Land for Wildlife

November 28 - Farm Subsidies: A Worldwide Phenomenon

November 28 - Reagan Takes Fight on Farm Subsidies Abroad

December 5 - Senate Approves $4 Billion Farm Credit Bill

December 12 - Conferees Meet on Farm Credit Bill

December 12 - House Expected to Balk: Farm Deficit-Reduction Pact Entails Key Program Changes

December 19 - Bill Would Revise Commodity Distribution

December 19 - Modest Target-Price Cuts Included: Farm Budget Agreement Avoids New Programs

December 19 - White House Expected to Go Along: Negotiators Reach Agreement On Farm Credit System Bailout

December 19 - Whitten Prevails in CCC Funding Dispute

December 26 - Congress Clears Commodity-Distribution Bill

December 26 - Provisions of Bill to Rescue Farm Credit System

December 26 - The 100th Congress: Agriculture