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Meeting several times over the last few days, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, made progress toward a compromise on spending cuts and revenue increases to address the “fiscal cliff.”

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., supported an amendment introduced today by Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to the Hurricane Sandy disaster aid bill that would extend livestock disaster assistance for one year.

The Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday to establish dicamba residue tolerances for several food crops, claiming tolerances should be established before pending applications are approved for dicamba tolerant crops.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., was sworn in this morning as president pro tempore of the United States Senate

Behind-the-scenes talks focused on avoiding the fiscal cliff and possibly the “farm cliff” are expected to continue this week

The national trade association and public policy organization representing the tugboat, towboat and barge industry continue to urge that additional flows from the Missouri River be released to avert an effective shutdown of the Mississippi River to barge transportation.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) held a news conference today where she announced Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) will replace retiring Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) in January.

Updated information on farm hands on the Potomac for the week of December 17

Efforts to find a compromise on the farm bill’s commodity title hit the equivalent of a brick wall Thursday as leaders from both the House and Senate agriculture committees appeared to be sharply divided in their respective positions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its national clean air standards today without tightening “farm dust” standards.