reduce greatly the per farm subsidy cap as a first step to control the excesses of federal agriculture subsidies;

repeal the new crop price supports included in the 2002 farm law, which are unnecessary add-ons to existing subsidy mechanisms;

phase out other crop subsidies, a process that began under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act;

move toward a system of private insurance and use of other financial instruments to protect farmers against market and weather fluctuations; and

eliminate federal controls that perpetuate producer cartels in markets such as those for milk and sugar.