Photo Of The Day: No Weeding The Farm Bill

(AP) — In this April 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, tour the Lowell Schachtsiek Farm with owner Lowell Schachtsiek in Palmyra, Mo. Despite warnings about belt-tightening and record federal deficits, delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation left their annual convention this week without making major suggestions on where Congress should trim spending in the next Farm Bill, which sets federal funding for agriculture.

Jan 14th, 2011

(AP) — In this April 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, tour the Lowell Schachtsiek Farm with owner Lowell Schachtsiek in Palmyra, Mo.

Despite warnings about belt-tightening and record federal deficits, delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation left their annual convention this week without making major suggestions on where Congress should trim spending in the next Farm Bill, which sets federal funding for agriculture. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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