Bush Signs Farmer Relief Bill: President Bush...

Bush Signs Farmer Relief Bill: President Bush signed legislation that gives a break to farmers who are growing substitute crops on land where drought destroyed or damaged earlier plantings. The measure eases restrictions that were part of a previous federal farm-disaster aid package. The revision protects winter wheat and cotton farmers who otherwise might have been denied disaster payments for their lost crops under a USDA plan--even though the producers expect to earn little or no profit on replacement crops such as grain sorghum or soybeans.