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Congressional negotiators are expected to announce a final farm bill conference agreement on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EDT in Washington, D.C. The bi-partisan, bi-cameral group will discuss the details of the final bill, which makes investments in conservation, energy, nutrition and rural development while continuing and strengthening farm income protection. The event will also be webcast on the House and Senate Agriculture Committee Websites at: http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/audio.html or http://agriculture.senate.gov/. The conference committee has been working for months on a final bill. The last farm bill was passed in 2003.