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The article reports that a U.S. House Agriculture subcommittee has voted to extend the 2002 farm bill's commodity title in the new farm bill rather than make the changes in target prices and loan rates for crops as proposed by Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson. Besides rejecting changes in target prices and loan rates, the Agriculture General Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee has rejected proposals to impose tougher payment limitations on farm subsidies.

The article reports that opponents of current farm policy are going to get their chance to have their proposals debated. U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson said that he expects the Agriculture General Farm Commodities Subcommittee to debate and possibly vote on the alternatives that will include the bill introduced by Representatives Ron Kind and Jeff Flake which would end all crop, dairy and sugar programs and replace them with spending on rural development.