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There are plenty of issues that still need to be dealt with before any grand bargain — everything from the Farm Bill to unemployment insurance to the debt limit.

In an effort to get it passed, some in Congress want to split the food-stamps part of the bill from the farm subsidy part.

A battle is brewing over a California law that requires laying-hens to be given more space in the coop. Other egg-producing states want to override the law’s requirement.

Tucked into the farm bill is language that would add means testing to the federally subsidized crop insurance program.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack hopes organic farming will help financially strapped small-scale farmers.

Only if crop prices stay high, according to a recent economic study.

The food assistance program grew from rural efforts to get urban support for farm subsidies.

The Senate's version of the Farm Bill eliminates some key funding for farmers, especially those who make more than $750,000 a year.

An amendment in the current Farm Bill would keep government protection for popcorn crops. Popcorn is a tiny kernel in U.S. agriculture, but without the subsidy prices of your favorite movie snack could rise.