More Good Primers

Marge Kilkelly, from the Northeast States Association for Agricultural Stewardship, sent me this helpful piece:

2007 Farm Bill in Context
http://www.slcatlanta.org/Publications/AgRD/2007_farm_bill_in_context.pdf

Also here are some more excellent CRS reports on the Farm Bill

The "Farm Bill" in Brief
http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/06apr/RS22131.pdf

Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill
http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06feb/RL33037.pdf
http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=1433

And there's no better guide to the grain commodity subsidies than this:

The Non-Wonk Guide to Understanding Federal Commodity Payments
http://www.rafiusa.org/pubs/nonwonkguide