FARM BILL FUTURE

Public negotiations on the 2008 US Farm Bill could begin again this week. Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson sounds hopeful. He said both House and Senate have offered versions while the President remains convinced both are too expensive. Peterson said the parties are talking again and that's a start. And if a compromise can't be reached, there's still time for an extension of current farm price supports before a deadline that would revert prices to those set 60 years ago.