Wrap: A Missouri bill would subsidize dairy farmers but Governor Jay Nixon says it would harm deer.

The bill would cover 70 percent of premiums for a new federal insurance program laid out in what is commonly known as the farm bill.

Dale Drennan of the Missouri Dairy Association says passing the measure would mean a big boost to dairy farmers that receive about a quarter of the profits made by the milk industry.

Nixon says the bill would reclassify deer as livestock, which he says would jeopardize the Conservation Department's efforts to revive that population.

From the state Capitol, I'm Brendan Cullerton, Newsradio 1120, KMOX.

Wrap: Missouri dairy farmers say if the state doesn't subsidize some of their costs...consumers could take a hit in the wallet.

The legislature will decide next week if it will override Governor Jay Nixon's veto of a bill that would subsidize insurance premiums for a new federal program that came out of the farm bill.

Dale Drennan of the Missouri Dairy Association says farmers would have a tough time participating in the program without state assistance.

Governor Jay Nixon says the bill puts the deer population in jeopardy by reclassifying them as livestock and shifting their control from the Conservation Department to the Agriculture Department.

From the state Capitol, Brendan Cullerton, Newsradio 1120, KMOX.