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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, January 20, 2025
The National Milk Producers, along with 52 other organizations, sent a joint letter today to members of the House Agriculture Committee, urging the panel to include the Dairy Security Act (DSA) in the upcoming farm bill.
As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to start writing a new farm bill over the next two weeks, farm and conservation groups reached what they described as a “delicately crafted†compromise designed to protect crop insurance from “means testing†and payment limitations while also o
Senators Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., are leading a group of Senators in introducing a bill to clarify an exemption for farmers, ranchers, manufacturers and small businesses from margin requirements included in the Dodd-Frank financial legislation.
– Over twenty national agricultural associations today urged the Senate to promptly approve legislation (S. 601) that would reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, announced the committee markup of the 2013 Farm Bill will take place Tuesday, May 14 at 10 a.m.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) multi-lateral trade pact appears destined to become the most consequential and far-reaching free trade deal of our generation
The recent announcement that the House leadership intends to take up a farm bill this summer is likely to spark discussion among lawmakers this week about what the legislation should look like and how to move it forward
A letter from six former Chiefs of the USDA Soil Conservation Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees communicated their support for linking conservation compliance provisions to all income support, incl
National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) responded to critics of the crop insurance program after USDA reported indemnities reaching a record $17 billion for the 2012 crop year.
President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Mike Froman as U.S. Trade Representative today Froman has held a post as White House chief international economic affairs advisor since Obama took office in 2009.
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