The Farm Bill Now Coalition of 39 commodity and general farm groups will attempt to defy election-year politics and get the farm bill back on track next month. Democrats and Republicans will return here next month fresh from their Presidential conventions - a bitter ad war for the White House - hostile Congressional campaigns - and an ideological war over spending and taxes that will be hotter than ever.

But that won’t stop the Farm Bill Now coalition from rallying in Boone, Iowa next week and on September 12th on the Washington Mall - where ag leaders will speak. American Soybean Association Spokesman Patrick Delaney admits the election-year climate is tough - but argues the climate for crops and livestock is even tougher