Bob Dole: “here we go again, another farm debate. Winter wheat farmers have already planted. They could not wait any longer for…”

“here we go again, another farm debate. Winter wheat farmers have already planted. They could not wait any longer for Congress to act. It happens about the end of every 5-year farm program. There is always a little gap, and particularly winter wheat producers do not have much choice but to plant fence to fence and hope we will pass the farm bill, and then they can comply with the law at that time. President Eisenhower was born in Kansas and raised in rural America. He hit the nail on head when he said, ``Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're 1,000 miles from a corn field.'' That statement was made a long time ago, but it has not changed over the years. What I see happening here is we thought we had a pretty good compromise worked out, but now I understand the other side of the aisle, for the most part, has said, ``No, we are not going to let it happen. We do not believe in the freedom to farm. We do not believe in transition payments.…”