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Have your organization sign on the following letter by emailing your name, group/organization name and phone number by 4pm today, Monday, March 7 to Ellen Vollinger, evollinger@frac.org.

March XX, 2005

Dear Chairman Gregg and Chairman Nussle:

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA) was enacted three years ago following two years of exhaustive debate in the House and Senate. The new farm law represents a delicate balance by effectively addressing the stability of our agricultural production base, protecting our important natural resources and enhancing nutrition and food assistance programs in our Nation.

The mandatory programs administered by the Department of Agriculture (i.e., commodity, conservation, crop insurance, export promotion programs, nutrition, forestry and other valuable programs) are of enormous importance to farmers, ranchers, rural businesses, low-income Americans and all our nation's children. Therefore, we respectfully urge the Budget Committees to avoid reconciliation instructions to the Senate and House Agriculture Committees.

In addition, we urge the Budget Committees to adequately fund discretionary spending. Given the cuts agricultural programs have already sustained over the last several years, we ask that you not adopt a discretionary spending level that requires agricultural programs to take additional budget reductions.

The undersigned organizations respectfully urge the House and Senate Budget Committees not to include any reconciliation instructions in the budget resolution to the Senate Committee on Agriculture or the House Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Thank you for consideration of our views.

Have your organization sign on the letter below by emailing your name, group/organization name and phone number by noon on Monday, March 7 to Ellen Vollinger, evollinger@frac.org.

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