January 8, 2007 8:42AM 

# Some Quick Links on Farm Policy Reform 

By [Sallie James](https://www.cato.org/people/sallie-james) 

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Cato’s [Center for Trade Policy Studies](http://www.freetrade.org/) is putting together its ideas for a sensible farm policy (the current farm bill comes up for renewal later this year). Needless to say, the Cato plan will look substantially different from the anachronistic, interventionist pork-fest that was the 2002 Farm Bill.

In the meantime, those interested in U.S. farm policy might like to check out the following links: today’s [editorial](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700953_pf.html) in the *Washington Post* and an article by [Jonathan Rauch](http://nationaljournal.com/rauch.htm) in Friday’s *National Journal*. Both contain plenty of arguments for what is wrong with U.S. agricultural policy today and are best read on an empty stomach. For a good overview of the farm bill debate, this [article](http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refid=96871) by Catherine Richert (Congressional Quarterly) is a pretty good bet.

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