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New Farm Bill could benefit Georgia peanut farmers
081812 LS PEANUT FEST 03
Malcolm Boyett of the Cook Shack in Blackshear works on a batch of boiled peanuts for the 23rd annual Brooklet Peanut Festival in August. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file
ATLANTA — Georgia peanut farmers would get a better deal this year under Congress' proposed Farm Bill, but some residents could be removed from food stamp rolls. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are seeking to remake the federal farm subsidy program and scale back nutrition programs. The U.S. Senate could pass its bill this week, and the House will follow with its version soon, though passage there is far from certain, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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