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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) As the lame Duck session enters the final hours, North Dakota Farmers Union is hoping for a push to sign a five-year farm bill instead of an extension of the 2008 farm bill.

NDFU President Woody Barth says the extension will not serve North Dakota farmers and ranchers well.

Barth says there is room for some optimism but…

In June, the U-S Senate passed the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 that saves $23 billion, while the U-S House Committee on Agriculture passed its version of the farm bill in July, which would save $35 billion.