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Article: Energy, trade, labor top election year concerns for York County, Pa., farmers.

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By Jennifer Gish, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 24--It's not an issue frequently talked about on the presidential campaign trail, but this election will be an important one for agriculture.

The federal Farm Bill -- which covers everything from school lunch standards and food stamps to land preservation and commodity support programs -- must be renewed in 2007.

And the next president will have to tackle that and several other issues tied in with farmers' futures.

"There may be the potential of having some major changes within the Farm Bill," said Bruce Miller, president of the York County ...

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