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NCBA National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Temple Grandin charge USDA proposed GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration rule raises animal welfare concerns consolidation threat

USDA paying out over $5 billion in direct farm program & Conservation Reserve program CRP rental payments in October Secretary Vilsack

USDA Continuing Resolution CR Farm Programs Farm loans Continue Operation Spending cut back to mission critical

Washington Week Ahead Mid-term elections lame-duck legislation Jeff Bingaman Blanche Lincoln Ron Kirk Saxby Chambliss

Saxby Chambliss Non-Amnesty Temporary Agriculture Worker Proram Farm Worker legislation H-2A

President Obama proclaims National Energy Awareness Month clean energy economy invest sustainable jobs

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee FRRCC Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey Environmental Protection Agency

Jeff Bingaman Olympia Snowe Senate Energy Committee Clean Energy Renewable Energy tax incentives jobs energy efficiency Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2010 S. 3935 Sam Brownback Renewable Energy Standard legislation

House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson legislation to block EPA from imposing new pesticide permits Clean Water Act CWA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FIFRA Frank Lucas National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPDES permit pesticide application