The farm lobby overwhelmingly defeated a similar plan there last week.

Happily, the power of the farm lobbies seems on the wane.

For one, the commodities industry's powerful political allies, like the farm lobby, rallied.

"But the oil industry is like the farm lobby and will have its hand out at every opportunity."

Thus consumers see relatively little foreign ethanol, and the American farm lobby is happy.

Germany, deferential (as always) to its farm lobby, is against price cuts.

The farm lobbies accept the need for closer Federal regulation.

But the Americans held firm - and so did the powerful Japanese farm lobby.

During this period, the first organized farm lobbies were created.

India's huge food stocks reflect the power of the farm lobby.