Farm Bill; Crop Insurance; Ag Economy; RFS; Budget Issues; and, CFTC
Farm Bill Developments Meredith Shiner reported today at Roll Call Online that, “Facing no clear consensus on a long-term farm bill, or even a one-year extension, House Republicans today pushed a...
View ArticleHouse – Senate Differ on Disaster Aid- as U.S. Drought Worsens
Jennifer Steinhauer reported in today’s New York Times that, “An effort to provide emergency aid for American ranchers and farmers reeling from a year of drought, frost and other calamities collapsed...
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2012 Drought Garners High-Level Attention
On Wednesday’s AgriTalk Radio program with Mike Adams, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (pictured at right) explained recent administration policy updates that have been implemented to assist...
View ArticleDrought Assistance- Farm Bill Issues; Ag Economy; and, Nutrition Issues
Drought Assistance- Farm Bill Issues A news release yesterday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that, “As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock producers...
View ArticleCrop Production Estimates Lowered, as Farm Bill and Ethanol Issues Garner...
Crop Production Estimates A news release Friday from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) stated that, “Affected by one of the worst droughts on record [related Des Moines Register...
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Morning Update: Farm Bill -Campaign Theme in Iowa
Roll Call writer Daniel Newhauser was a guest on this morning’s “Washington Journal” program on C-SPAN. Mr. Newhauser discussed the drought, the Farm Bill and the presidential campaign while talking...
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President Obama in Iowa, Calls for Congress to Pass Farm Bill
During the first part of a three day bus tour through Iowa, President Obama today called on Congress to pass the Farm Bill. In addition, President Obama spoke about GOP vice presidential candidate Rep....
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Iowa Congressmen Highlight Farm Bill “Discharge Petition”
Jason Clayworth reported yesterday at The Des Moines Register Online that, “Partisan cooperation and the dire need for congressional action on a federal farm bill were two of the key points U.S. Rep....
View ArticleFarm Bill; Ag Economy; RFS; Nutrition, and Food Safety
Farm Bill House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D., Minn.) was a guest on yesterday’s AgriTalk radio program with Mike Adams where the discussion focused on the Farm Bill...
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Corn Prices Rise- Implications for Livestock Producers
Financial Times writers Gregory Meyer and Javier Blas reported yesterday that, “Grain prices lurched higher as a widely publicised tour of drought-stressed US fields estimated corn and soyabean yields...
View ArticleFarm Bill; Ag Economy; and, Trade
Farm Bill Issues Chris Clayton reported yesterday at the DTN Ag Policy Blog that, “As much as Sen. Charles Grassley would like a new farm bill, the member of the Senate Agriculture Committee...
View ArticleFarm Bill; Biofuels; Ag Economy; Trade; Budget; and, MF Global
Farm Bill- Policy Issues, Crop Insurance David Shepardson reported yesterday at The Detroit News Online that, “Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she is optimistic Congress will pass disaster assistance for...
View ArticleFarm Bill; Ag Economy; and, CFTC Issue
Farm Bill House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R., Okla.) spoke yesterday at the Southwest Agricultural Issues Summit in Austin, Texas; a full replay of his remarks can be heard here....
View ArticleFarm Bill; and the Agricultural Economy
Farm Bill Issues Jennifer Steinhauer reported in today’s New York Times that, “Congressional agreement on a stalled farm bill seemed increasingly out of reach on Wednesday, as a few hundred farmers...
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AgriTalk Radio- Farm Bill Issues, Mary Kay Thatcher, Rep. Huelskamp
Mary Kay Thatcher, the Senior Director of Congressional Relations at the American Farm Bureau Federation, was a guest on today’s AgriTalk radio program with Mike Adams, where the conversation focused...
View ArticleFarm Bill Issues; and, the Ag Economy
Farm Bill: Process, Budget –Lame Duck Issues An update posted on Saturday at The Grand Forks Herald Online reported that, “U.S. Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., told a business roundtable meeting in Grand Forks...
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