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Allen looks toward 2024 Farm Bill after recent extension of 2018's
Calls for higher reference prices for crop support programs, moving guestworker program to USDA
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In this file photo, Ricky Nevil and son Lehman harvest some of their over 2,200 acres of cotton in a field on Union Church Road. (SCOTT BRYANT/Herald file)
After the recent passage of a one-year extension of the current Farm Bill, U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia 12th District, addressed the House Agriculture Committee, of which he was previously a member, earlier this month about what he wants in a new five-year Farm Bill to be enacted in 2024.
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