They make up a third of the nation's cash crop receipts — 50 percent ofreceipts if floriculture and greenhouse plant sales are counted — and, until now, they haven't drawn much federalmoney or attention.
When all of those groups are included in Katko's contributions, his total haul of PAC money last year increased to about $ 635,000 of the more than $ 1.1 million in total receipts, according to Federal Election Commission records.