Wisconsin farmers say they're hopeful that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies has ended with the biggest overhaul of the milk pricing system in a generation.
Along with funding for food stamps, the overhaul was a strongly contested element of a new $956 billion farm bill passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The five-year bill, which preserves generous crop subsidies, heads to the Senate where approval seems certain. The White House said President Barack Obama would sign it.
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