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January 28 - FmHA Loan-Restructuring Rules Draw Fire

February 18 - Groundwater: Conservationist vs. Farmer

February 18 - Lawmakers to Weigh Farm Bill Amid Budget, Trade Fears

February 25 - AGRICULTURE: Cotton Program's Flaws Studied

February 25 - FUTURES MARKETS: Panel Appraises Role of CFTC

March 4 - AGRICULTURE: Darman, Yeutter Seem at Odds Over Farm-Bill Approach

March 11 - AGRICULTURE: Senate Committee Seeks Ways To Prevent Trading Fraud

March 11 - Regulation of Futures Markets Has Contentious History

March 18 - SECTION NOTES: Dairy-Program Savings Pass Both Chambers

April 1 - Congress Likes Crop Insurance, But Farmers Don't Agree

April 15 - For Regional Dairy Issues,

April 22 - AGRICULTURE: $1.9 Billion Farm-Budget Cut, But How Much Is 'Real'?

May 20 - AGRICULTURE: New Rural-Development Effort Has Strong Senate Support

May 27 - AGRICULTURE: Farmers' Drought-Relief Bill Sprouts in House Panel

June 17 - AGRICULTURE: Rural, Drought-Aid Bills To Go To Senate Floor Together

June 17 - SECTION NOTES: Farmers Can Report Yields Under House Bill

June 24 - Export Subsidies Attacked

July 1 - AGRICULTURE: Drought Aid Passes With Ease, Despite USDA Objections

July 15 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart)

July 15 - APPROPRIATIONS: Committee Keeps Cap on EEP

July 22 - Partisan Warfare Heats Up Over Senate Drought Bill

July 22 - SECTION NOTES: Farm Spending Bill Moves to Senate

July 29 - A Rare Blow for Dole

July 29 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart)

July 29 - AGRICULTURE: CFTC Would Get More Powers

July 29 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Funds Passed by Senate

July 29 - Drought Bill on Shaky Course Despite Panel's Approval

August 5 - AGRICULTURE: Broad Disaster-Relief Package Clears in Last-Minute Rush

August 5 - AGRICULTURE: Rural-Aid Bill Passes Senate

August 12 - Agriculture

August 12 - All Things to All Senators

August 12 - Leahy: Unknown Commodity In Farm-State Politics

August 12 - Senate Agriculture Chairmen

September 16 - AGRICULTURE: Agriculture Panel Meets Target

September 16 - AGRICULTURE: House Easily OKs CFTC Renewal

October 7 - AGRICULTURE: Leahy, Lugar Offer CFTC Measure

October 7 - APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Call to Ban Red Dye No. 3 Runs Aground Before Whitten

October 7 - Environmental Record Puts Nominee Under Attack

October 21 - AGRICULTURE: Futures Industry Throws Weight Against Senate CFTC Bill

October 21 - AGRICULTURE: Panel OKs Cason On 12-7 Vote

October 21 - APPROPRIATIONS: Whitten, Bumpers Delay Bill In Feud Over Local Project

October 28 - AGRICULTURE: Bush Unveils Plan For Pesticides

October 28 - Seafood Inspection Measures Begin Moving in Congress

November 4 - AGRICULTURE: Opposition Mounts Against Cason

November 4 - AGRICULTURE: Senate Panel OKs CFTC Bill With New Exchange Fees

November 11 - A Real Person Says 'No Thanks'

November 11 - NUTRITION: Food-Monitoring Bill Passed by Senate

November 11 - SECTION NOTES: Bill Extends Farm Aid To Quake Victims

November 11 - SECTION NOTES: Saudi Tank Deal Decried on Hill, But It's Likely to Proceed

November 11 - When Madison Avenue Talks, Farm-Belt Members Listen

November 11 - Where the Lines are Blurred

November 18 - Agriculture Appropriations (chart)

November 18 - AGRICULTURE: Environmentalists Score Win As Cason Nomination Falls

November 18 - APPROPRIATIONS: Agriculture Bill Finally Clears

November 18 - Rural Development Initiative Bogs Down in House Panel

November 18 - SECTION NOTES: House OKs Farm Aid To Quake Victims

December 2 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Agriculture